装腔作势

I hate to see posers showing off.

我最恨作势的人卖弄。

The affectations in the way she speaks annoyed me.

她说话时作势的样子惹我恼火。

The actor, striking an attitude, began to quote Shakespeare.

位演员作势地开始引用莎士比亚的原文。

He had been railed against by them as a prig and a poseur.

他们责骂他是一个沾沾自喜、作势的人。

She always puts on a posh voice to talk to the vicar.

她总是作势,用一种优雅的嗓音跟教区牧师讲话。

She is always posing.

她总是作势。

It is pretended, that I am retarding the cause of emancipation, by the coarseness of my invective, and the precipitancy of my measures.

有人说，我采取粗俗漫骂的言辞和骤然激烈的手段，解放事业中不过是作势而已。