I like to satirise the people who are pretentious and self-important, who think they're on a higher level than everyone else.
我喜欢以那些自命不凡、妄自尊大的人群作为题材，还有那些自认为比其他人高一等的人。
To this day, I still think the seven-character nickname of Master Miao sounds a little too pretentious and shows no respect for others.
宝树道：“苗大侠这七字外号，直到现下，我还是觉得有点儿过于目中无人。
We lived in a villa where the red bricks were made pretentious and vulgar with streaks of slate colour, and there seemed to be enemies everywhere.
我们住在一座别墅里，红砖夹杂着蓝灰石板色的条纹，显眼而又庸俗，而且，左邻右舍似乎并不友好。
There is a very small market for this kind of business and, though it might sound pretentious, I am the most experienced in this field.
这个行业市场很小，虽然听起来有点自命不凡，但是我确实是这一领域经验最丰富的。
Unfortunately, all of your suggestions of what you write on it are bad. “In Transition” is too blatant (and too pretentious) a euphemism for unemployed.
遗憾的是，你有关名片内容的所有建议都很糟糕。对于失业者而言，“过渡期”这个委婉语太过刺眼（也太过狂妄）。
I loved the sound of that unnecessarily pretentious, yet charming description and mused that I had became a connoisseur of something that's consumed daily by almost everyone.
我喜欢那种可有可无虽然装模作样但又富有魅力的文字，并且暗自以为自己早就成了某个人们每日消费司空见惯的东西的鉴赏家。
When you are composing in a hurry — when you are dictating to a stenographer, for instance, or making a public speech — it is natural to fall into a pretentious, Latinized style.
当你匆忙写作——打个比方，当你在向速记员口授或者在做公开演讲时——陷入装腔作势的、拉丁式的风格是自然的。
A celebrity photo shoot in which the pretentious photographer wields a cheesy cell-phone camera?
一次名人摄影活动，一个装模作样的摄影者用一只粗制滥造的手机来拍照？
In New Testament times, the Pharisees were pros at pretentious prayers. It became quite a source of pride. They were showing off, trying to impress people with their prayers.
在新约时代，法利赛人专爱装腔作势的祷告。这成为他们骄傲的资本。他们在炫耀，让人家注意自己的祈祷。
I saw a tweet on my phone one night and I was like, 'God, this guy's so pretentious!'
有天晚上我在手机看到一个tweet，然后我像是…，‘上帝，这人也太自大狂了！’
It's often smarter to stick to grey shades, added Woodman. A grey tie can help give you a more sophisticated look without seeming pretentious, said Woodman.
伍德曼补充说，灰色是更为明智的选择。灰色领带能让你看上去老练却不做作。
You'll find preened moustaches, pretentious glasses, a range of characters and personalities.
你会找到洋洋自得的小胡子、自命不凡的眼镜男以及一堆个性迥异的人。
'Humans are nothing more than a really pretentious species of animal,' Anderson added.
“人类不过是一种极尽矫饰的动物物种而已，”安德森补充道。
She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout .
她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
"I feel pretentious saying it, " said Broidy Eckhardt, 29, a buyer for the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts who married last month.
现年29岁的布萝伊迪·埃克哈特是四季酒店的采购员，上个月刚结婚。 她说：“我觉得用这个词显得虚伪。”
The sight of the hotel itself is enough to crush him: it's a pretentious place with one of those huge empty lobbies in which Englishwomen sit for hours with a blank look.
一看到旅馆他便快垮了，这是一个富丽堂皇的地方，有一个又大又空、英国女人可以呆呆地在里面坐好几个钟头的大厅。
The whole tone and the way that it was written is a model for us because it is not pretentious, not abstract and yet it is philosophically deep.
整本书的语气和写作的方式对我们来说是一个典范，因为它毫无矫饰，毫不抽象，却蕴含哲理。
A pretentious country house; a pretentious fraud; a pretentious scholarly edition.
华而不实的乡下小屋；华而不实的假货；华而不实的学术版本。
Pretentious for an English-speaker, though I can see using it in a personal, playful email.
母语是英语（精品课）的人用这个词显得很装，虽然在一些玩笑化的个人邮件中使用它我能理解。
She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.
她看着情人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
I would be pretentious if I, a European, boasted I am able to capture the poetic essence of Chinese poetry.
如果我，一个欧洲人，自诩能够捕捉到中国诗歌的诗意本质，那么我是自命不凡。
How tough a man should be to fight against the pretentious world and flaws of his own...
一个人要多么强大才能对抗这个伪善的世界和自身的弱点。
She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.
她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
See, he chose such a pretentious way to die, his intention is nothing but wants the other people remember him even after his death.
他死得那麽造作，不正是想死后其他人依然记得自己。
See, he chose such a pretentious way to die, his intention is nothing but wants the other people remember him even after his death.
他死得那麽造作，不正是想死后其他人依然记得自己。
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