装模作样 meaning in English
affectation; affected airs; affect a show of...; assume a feigned manner; attitudinize; be affected; be affected in one's manner; behave in an affected way; feign; give oneself airs; indulge in histrionics; make an appearance of...; make a pretense of ...; make as if ...; practise affectation; put on an act; put on the appearance of...; pretend; strike an attitude
Examples
- They do not pose, those quiet places .
那些地方无声无息，毫不装模作样。 - Her affectations make you sick .
她那装模作样劲儿真令人作呕。 - In her best moments she did not act .
在春风得意的时代，她是不必装模作样的。 - Why should he be falsely modest and pretend ?
他为什么非得故作谦虚，装模作样呢？ - A niminy-piminy shyness makes frankness impossible ...
装模作样不会是真正的直爽。