他过去常写绚丽矫饰的散文.He used to write purple prose.他的文风, 一度被称赞为大胆的和创新的, 现在看起来却是奇怪而且矫饰的.His style, once praised as daring and innovative, now seems quaint and mannered....

“矫饰的”的英语可以翻译为：foppish，mannered，mincing，namby-pamby，strained ...