histrionics

英 [ˌhɪstriˈɒnɪks]

美 [ˌhɪstriˈɑːnɪks]

n.  装腔作势; 矫揉造作

BNC.41588 / COCA.29643

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 装腔作势;矫揉造作
  If you disapprove of someone's dramatic and exaggerated behaviour, you can describe it ashistrionics.
  1. When I explained everything to my mum and dad, there were no histrionics.
     我一五一十地把一切都向父母解释清楚了。

英英释义

noun

• a performance of a play
  Synonym:theatrical performancetheatricalrepresentation
• a deliberate display of emotion for effect

双语例句

• When it comes to EU diplomacy Germany does not do histrionics.
  在欧盟外交方面德国从不装模作样。
• I laughed at his histrionics.
  我笑他装模作样。
• The president's speech introduced no new policies and instead was full of histrionics about patriotism.
  总统讲话中没有提出新的政策，取而代之的是满篇的爱国主义表演。
• This is a powerful story, one of the year's best films, told with great clarity and remarkable technical detail, and acted without pumped-up histrionics.
  这是一个很有影响力的故事，本年度最佳影片之一，叙事清晰明了，有引人注目的技术细节，表演真实自然，没有绞尽脑汁的装模作样。
• Sex is used by histrionics to prop up their self-esteem and to regulate their labile sense of self-worth.
  演献症患者用性行为来支持她们的自尊，调节她们不安定的自尊感。
• Seoul has become a boomtown for American musicals, with Korean and Broadway producers tapping into an audience of young women raised on the bombast of Korean pop and the histrionics of television soap operas.
  首尔已经成为美国音乐剧的新兴市场，韩国及百老汇的制作人吸引了一批年轻的女性观众&在夸张的韩国流行音乐及肥皂剧中长大的观众。
• Conservative histrionics aside, women who have abortions aren't the ones causing the uptick in childlessness.
  他们可能有些夸张了，女性可以自由堕胎并不是导致她们不要孩子的原因。
• There were the usual histrionics when the time came for us to leave.
  当我们离开的时候会和平常一样寒暄一番。
• When I explained everything to my mum and dad, there were no histrionics.
  我一五一十地把一切都向父母解释清楚了。