mindmap root((炫耀)) showy implies an imposing or striking appearance but usually suggests cheapness or poor taste: the ~ costumes of the circus performers. pretentious implies an appearance of importance not justified by the thing's value or the person's standing: for a family-style restaurant, the menu was far too ~. ostentatious stresses conspicuous or vainglorious display or parade that may or may not be showy or pretentious: very ~, even for a debutante party. （vainglorious炫耀，目的是给别人看to show, to display，如resorted to bragging and vainglory to get his own way通过吹嘘炫耀，他为所欲为。 近义词vanity虚荣表示希望别人注意和称赞自己desire to win notice and praise，如a woman of enormous vanity一个很虚荣的女人。炫耀和虚荣都来自泛指空虚的vain） debutante首次亮相社交场合的女子a young woman making her first appearance in a social event.