artificiality

UK:  [ˌɑ:tɪˌfɪʃɪ'ælɪtɪ]

US:  [ˌɑrtɪˌfɪʃɪ'ælətɪ]

n.

1.矫揉造作的

2.人造物;人造性

3.人造的性质或状态

1 . It's like the artificiality in most of our laws about human behavior.
这就像我们创造出的大多数，关于人们行为的法律。

2 . He greatly disliked what he perceived as the artificiality and pretentiousness of academic life.
他很讨厌他所体会到的不自然的和自命不凡的学院生活。

3 . The veneer of artificiality which she had acquired at the fashionable schools were thrown off.
那种她在时髦学校里沾染的不自然的虚饰都被抛到了九霄云外。

4 . Thus both photography and fashion are synonymous with artificiality and pure superficiality.
所以摄影和时尚不管是人为理解还是表面来说都是同义的。

5 . Unspoilt Africa is seen as symbolizing the eternity of nature, in contrast with the artificiality of industrial, urban societies.
与人为形成地工业的、都市的社会相比，未受破坏地非洲看作是永恒自然地象征。