装模作样

It was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs6; but now in vain does the busy art of man7 pretend to vie8 with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs9 to its sapless trunk; it is now at best but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned upside-down, the branches on the earth, and the root in the air; it is now handled by every dirty wench10, condemned to do her drudgery11, and, by a capricious12 kind of fate, destined to make other things clean, and be nasty itself ; at length13, worn to the stumps in the service of the maids, it is either thrown out of doors or condemned to the last use—of kindling14 a fire.

它曾生气勃勃，枝繁叶茂，但如今爱管闲事的人却动手把枯枝捆扎于它那枯桩上，装模作样地同自然徒然抗争。如今它充其量只是以前模样的倒转——一棵本末倒置的树，枝条伏地，根部朝天，听由脏兮兮的女佣随手使唤，并且被无常的命运捉弄，注定要去清扫他物，把自己搞得污秽不堪。最后，被女佣用成一根光杆儿，要么被扔出门外，要么最后充当引火的木柴。

For public relations and even for showmanship.

公共关系，甚至装模作样。

Not one where he makes his long-suffering Hull team sit on the pitch at half-time while he screams at them. But one where he melts in a vat of his own self-adoring, chocolate-tanned smuggery.

不是在中场让整队hull球员坐在球场上听他咆哮的时候，而是在他自我崇拜，巧克力大衣下装模作样的大缸里慢慢融化掉。

That smugness of yours really is an attractive quality.

你装模作样真确实很有魅力质量谢谢

It was either that or get my hair highlighted. Smugness is easier to maintain.

头发竖起来也有同样效果，不过装模作样比较容易保持。

Bill Bennett said:"In all my time in Washington I've never seen such smugness, arrogance or such insufferable moral superiority."

比尔·班尼特说："我在华盛顿待的这些年，还从来没有见过如此的装模作样，傲慢自大，以及如此令人难以容忍的道德优越感。"

SCANNING their regional neighbourhood over their tea-cups from their computer terminals in Beijing, China's economic planners could be forgiven a certain feeling of smugness.

从北京的计算机终端越过千山万水，审查一下周围的地区和国家，就可以原谅中国经济规划者们确定的装模作样的情绪。

Not all French travelers are snotty bad tippers, but their reputation precedes them nonetheless.

并不是所有的法国游客装模作样坏自卸车，但他们的声誉但前面。

From Rusticus I received the impression that my character required improvement and discipline; and from him I learned not to be led astray to sophistic emulation, nor to writing on speculative matters, nor to delivering little hortatory orations, nor to showing myself off as a man who practises much discipline, or does benevolent acts in order to make a display; and to abstain from rhetoric, and poetry, and fine writing; and not to walk about in the house in my outdoor dress, nor to do other things of the kind; and to write my letters with simplicity, like the letter which Rusticus wrote from Sinuessa to my mother; and with respect to those who have offended me by words, or done me wrong, to be easily disposed to be pacified and reconciled, as soon as they have shown a readiness to be reconciled; and to read carefully, and not to be satisfied with a superficial understanding of a book; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk overmuch; and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the discourses of Epictetus , which he communicated to me out of his own collection.

我从拉斯蒂克斯那里领悟了许多，这使我的性格得以完善和规范；他让我懂得如何不致陷入诡辩论战的歧途，如何不写那些投机取巧的文章，如何不发表急功近利的演说，如何像深藏不露者那样既不显山露水，又能循循善诱、从善如流；他教我力戒文过饰非、靡丽铺张和词藻华美；他教我别装模作样、咆哮于庭，亦不作诸如此类的其它做派；他教我用词简洁，就像拉斯蒂克斯从辛努厄萨写给母亲的书信那样行文；他教我宽以待人，无论他人恶语相加还是错上加错，只要他们有和解之意，必当冰释前嫌、和好如初；他教我用功读书，不满足于一知半解；他教我不要随便附和夸夸其谈的人；我感激他让我熟读爱比克泰德的演讲论文，使我在他的文集之外与他沟通交流。

In Washington, cabinet secretaries pose and speechify

在华盛顿，内阁委员们装模作样和高谈阔论

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了