ostentation
词根词缀：
ostensible adj. 表面的；明显的
ostens 出现 + ible 可…的，能…的；具有…性质的 → 出现的 → 明显的
ostensive adj. 以例证表明的；表面上的
ostens 出现 + ive 有…性质的 → 出现的 → 表面上的
ostentation n. 夸示，炫耀
ostent〔= ostens〕出现 + ation 行为，过程，状态，结果 → 拿出来〔给别人看〕→ 夸示
ostentatious adj. 铺张的；卖弄的
ostent 出现 + atious → 拿出来显摆 → 卖弄的
数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句：
She had a small property, which she bequeathed with much ostentation to a religious community.
她有一份小小的财产，已经大吹大擂地捐给一个宗教团体了。
The statue has beauty without ostentation.
那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美[朴实无华之美]。
My distaste for any ostentation.
我对任何炫耀的厌恶。
Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀。
They lived meanly and without ostentation.
他们生活很节俭，一点也不摆阔。
Reports of his tax policies suggest that Shah Jahan may have appropriated as much as 40 per cent of what we now call gross domestic product to support a lifestyle of exceptional ostentation and self-indulgence.
有关沙贾汗（shah jahan）税收政策的报告似乎显示，他可能挪用了40%我们现在所称的“国内生产总值”，以支持自己穷奢极侈的生活方式。