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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 做作
[zuòzuo]
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adjective
affected
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 做作
[zuòzuo]
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1.
形
[口]
故意做出某种不自然的表情、腔调、姿态等
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表演大方自然,毫不做作。
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Examples
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她唱得还可以,就是演得太做作。
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Her singing is all right, but her acting is overdone.
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做作。
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artificial smile
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做作的一笑
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a put-on smile
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做作的微笑
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an unnatural smile
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做作的微笑
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His particular trademark is a cute and cloying sentimentality.
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他独特的标志是做作的、让人反感的多愁善感。
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When trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style.
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在试图给什么人留下深刻印象时,她说话就用做作的文学腔。
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Collocations
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显得做作
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to make other feel unnatural and insincere
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有点做作
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a bit unnatural and insincere; little affectations
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虚伪做作
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hypocrite; affectation
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哀愁的目光
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sorrowful eyes
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