A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
做作
Affectation
Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox
矫揉造作比天花对人的脸更有害
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
在我看来,衣着上的任何矫揉造作都暗示着理解力上的缺陷。
Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.
真理比爱情的做作更美。你的善良一定有其可取之处,否则就毫无可取之处。
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
当一个人不愿意承认他自己不愿意相信的事情时,装模作样是一个很好的词。