汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 矯揉造作
矯揉造作 (矫揉造作)
pretension / affectation / putting on artificial airs
The metaphor is deliberately artificial and unnatural
形容过分做作,极不自然。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这故事讲得毫不矫揉造作

The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.

这不过是一篇矫揉造作的文章。

It is but a piece of fine writing.

她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。

Her genteel accent irritated me.

这位影星抛给人群一个矫揉造作的微笑。

The film star flashed an artificial smile at the crowd.

首先是一个否定的,我的朋友:它永远不会有矫揉造作的罪过。

First of all a negative one, my friend: it would never be guilty of affectation.

如果你把图画安排得太有条理,就会产生看去矫揉造作的效果。

If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very mannered and artificial.

我为什么讨厌这个词:它听起来愚蠢可笑,让人觉得虚夸浮华,甚至是矫揉造作

Why I hate it: it sounds silly, feels pompous and even precious.

朱利奥·罗马诺:意大利建筑师和画家。拉斐尔的学生,他发展了这种矫揉造作的风格,这在他后期的壁画中表现很明显。

Italian architect and painter. A student of Raphael, he developed a Mannerist style that is evident in his later frescoes.