affectation

UK:  [.æfek'teɪʃ(ə)n]

US:  [.æfek'teɪʃ(ə)n]

复数：affectations  

n.

1.假装;做作,矫揉造作,装模作样(的态度)

1 . She did not know how to answer her mother's shrill, meaningless questions, put with the furious affectation of maternal concern.
她不知怎样回答母亲带着一种极为虚假的母爱向她提出的那些哀哀切切、一点意思也没有的问题。

2 . A sort of affectation prevents some Christians from seeking religion, as if its sphere lay among the commonplacesof daily life.
有一些基督徒矫揉造作，不能把信仰的范畴放到日常生活里面去。

3 . Expression of the stage of life can be a little more than an exaggeration, but not too much, gives a sense of affectation.
台上的表情可以比生活中稍为夸张，但不宜过分，给人以做作之感。

4 . But any one can see that this is a mere form, of which the affectation grows wearisome as the work advances.
人们明白这只不过是一种形式，随着思想的进步这种做作的行为很快就会变得索然无味。

5 . Business society does not seems as brilliant as it shows. You can't be a successful business man without affectation and lies.
商业社会并不像它所表现出来的那样灿烂辉煌。如果想要成为一个好的商人，就无法脱离做作和谎言。