汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 裝腔作勢
裝腔作勢 (装腔作势)
posturing / pretentious / affected
Take the tone, deliberately do it, attention or scare people
故意装出一种腔调或姿态,想引起人们注意或吓唬人装腔作势,借以吓人。
() zhuāng qiāng zuò () shì
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

该“受害者”透露他只是在装腔作势

The "victim" revealed he was only playacting.

她习惯了母亲装腔作势的样子。

She was used to her mother's histrionics.

“此处不准停车。”他装腔作势地说。

'You can't park here,' he said officiously.

他的回答尽是些装腔作势的胡说八道。

His response was full of pretentious nonsense.

他不爱说话,非常有礼貌,也不装腔作势

He's a man of few words, very polite and unassuming.

当有男人在四周时她喜欢装腔作势,故作姿态。

She loves to pose when men are around.

难道你不怕被人看成是一个装腔作势的改革者吗?

Aren't you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader?

他们实则粗暴平庸,却装腔作势出贵族的气派。

They are rough and common and they give themselves the airs of noble lords.

他们都做了太多的演练,而实际上都是装腔作势

They both had done too much rehearsing and it came of fake and contrived.

他是个个子小并且从一切表象看来不装腔作势的人。

He was a small and by all appearances an unassuming man.