作态

Don’t be so coy, and I know you’d like to do the job.

要这样忸怩作态, 我知道你 真的喜欢这份工作。

His apish devotion irritated her.

他那惺惺作态的愚忠使她恼火.

Madame Chiang, always stunning in her silk gowns, could be as coy and kittenish as a college coed , or as commanding and petty as a dormitory house mother.

穿绸旗袍的蒋夫人像小猫似地很迷人。她以像一个男女同校的大学女生一样忸怩作态，也以像看管女生宿舍的大妈一样威严和小心眼儿。