你可以看出，她是在装模作样。

You could tell she was just putting on an act.

这出戏讽刺了新中产阶级的装模作样。

The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.

进门脱帽，这似乎倒退回了那装模作样的年代。

TAKING your hat off at the door may seem like a throwback to a more genteel age.

他装模作样，仿佛自己是有史以来最棒的演员。

He makes like he's the greatest actor of all time.

他的恐吓威胁是很少见诸行动的，通常只是张牙舞爪，装模作样罢了！

He very rarely puts his threat into practice-usually it's just saber -rattling.