We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension.他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。She talks of her rich friends with great pretension.她以夸耀口吻谈到她有钱的朋友...
I was brought up a nominal Christian.我成长为名不副实的基督徒。nominal addendum标称齿顶高At the same time, disinflation makes it cheaper to borrow in both real and nominal terms.与此同时, 无论是以实际还是名义价值衡量,反通货膨胀都令借贷成本更低廉.Inflation would be lower...
He launched an immoderate tirade on Turner.他针对特纳发表了一篇极端激愤的长篇演说。He too has met a tirade of abuse.他也遭到了长篇累牍的谩骂攻击。His writings are one long tirade against ignorance.他的著作称得上反对无知的长篇演说....