| 单词 | put-on |
| 例句 | His voice was poshish but not as posh as Mum's put-on posh. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As it happens the character is also named Vanda: eerie coincidence or a calculated put-on? | 'Venus in Fur': ?Venus in Fur,? by David Ives, With Nina Arianda - Review 2011-11-09T03:01:30Z But there is nothing put-on, evasive or funny about her third book, “Brother & Sister,” which touched down at No. 9 on last week’s hardcover nonfiction best-seller list. Starring Diane Keaton as Herself 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z At one point his singing crumbled into a wheeze, and the crowd tittered, half sure it was all some put-on. After Vanishing, Johnny O’Neal Has a New York Following Again 2014-05-01T23:30:47Z Turning serious, Mr. Scott added: “I love that they’re optimistic, uplifting, positive. And it’s not a put-on. I’ve been with them outside of fashion events. It’s who they are.” ‘Human Glitter.’ The Beckerman Twins Are Fashion Week Stars 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z There's a script circulating online that purports to be a leaked copy of the finale, but with its uncharacteristic grimness and graphic violence it seems an obvious put-on. Why NBC should close "The Office" 2011-03-02T16:11:00Z In a conversation about music with a hippie who picks them up, Lulu declares that “everything is a put-on.” The Other Charles Manson Movie Has a Lot to Say 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Trainor’s dropped G’s are a put-on, in the same way white rapper Iggy Azalea turns her Australian vowels sideways when she steps into a recording booth. Meghan Trainor powers through illness, relies on doo-wop at Fillmore 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But then post-punk, new wave, and my beloved new romantics rejected other stuff: the guitar riffs, the put-on sincerities, the anti-intellectual. Writing family stories: Jason Tougaw on his memoir 'The One You Get' 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Bird is exceptionally diffident – and not in that put-on, actorly, "little old me?" fashion. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z It has the feel of an elaborate put-on whose meta-joke is never revealed. ArtsBeat: On Amazon, Pilots — and Potential — on View 2014-02-07T19:17:07Z And yet this only makes Kundera's case, for what once might have been a surrealist put-on, a bit of personal performance art, now comes loaded with risk. Milan Kundera's 'Festival of Insignificance' on being and smallness 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Bowie may have declared himself gay on the cover of Melody Maker in 1972, but the writer of the article smelled a put-on. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Wesley Snipes is fearless The actor elicited as many gasps as he did laughs in introducing Lee while speaking in a put-on thick African accent. Hollywood's big weekend at the Governors awards – what we learned 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z "The Dropout" will be tough to top, or even match, because of the way Seyfried, along with Meriwether and her writers, marry the visible facets of Holmes' put-on with her skewed ethical paradigm. Hulu's "The Dropout" brings its A-game with Amanda Seyfried's powerful take on Elizabeth Holmes 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z And he does have a style, as well as skill, though the virtues of his choreography are masked by the put-on attitude and deadened by his dogged sense of structure. Two Ways of Looking at Cuba’s Modern Dance Problem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z All Mr. Rogan needs to do to win is not discover that the whole thing is a put-on. Television: ‘The Joe Schmo Show’ Returns to Spike 2013-01-06T04:22:04Z “Part of me is a bit of a put-on.” A New Biography Takes on Edward Gorey, a Stubborn Enigma and Master of the Comic Macabre 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z But Liz's feminist victory was trumped by her feminist fail: the put-on personality had been Abby's attempt to escape a violent and abusive ex-husband, who now knew where she was thanks to Liz's "helpful" meddling. "30 Rock" takes on feminist hypocrisy -- and its own 2011-02-25T18:01:00Z That this foreign white girl — one performing in a put-on dialect — was achieving such meteoric success in one of the most racially fraught moments in American history swiftly became an unavoidable sore point. Iggy Azalea tries for a comeback: Can she recover from her rapid fall from pop culture grace? 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The documentary, Kenigsberg added, is “poised unsatisfyingly between an explosive exposé and a self-conscious put-on.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘Cold Case Hammarskjold’ 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Colbert couched his views in the put-on character of a right-wing Bill O’Reilly type. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s a consciously constructed illusion of spontaneous self-revelation, a sincere put-on. Looking Good Is Not the Point: What Artists Bare in Self-Portraits 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Lowe now says that the text conversation between him and Glover regarding the murder plot, seen in “Tiger King,” was a put-on. ‘Tiger King’: Where Are They Now? 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It has nothing to do with posturing or put-on. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z While I was put off by Kimmel's seemingly put-on anger at Trump, Colbert's breeziness didn't seem to suit the room. Review: Colbert Aside, Inclusive Winners Made for a Refreshing, Sharp Emmys 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z He also happened to be one of the nicest: the compassionate sensibility that lent his work its warmth and musicality was no put-on. Jonathan Demme obituary 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z He described the unorthodox and at times controversial comedian Andy Kaufman as “the pre-eminent put-on artist of his generation” and “a pioneering practitioner of various cultural trends long before they ever became trends.” Bill Zehme, Author With a Knack for Humanizing the Famous, Dies at 64 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z West and his costar Burt Ward, who played Robin, went along with the jokes, rarely cracking smiles, which increased the effectiveness of the show’s put-on quality. Adam West, Known for Playing Batman on TV, Dies at 88 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z We continue to pay attention in part because we don't want to miss the moment when the put-on crumbles. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z But Ms. Humphries is not offering these warped works to deflate the possibilities of painting, or to aver that all art is a conceptual put-on. Jacqueline Humphries’s Digital Paintings, Aglow in the Dark 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Maybe the carnival’s Missing Link was authentic, or maybe only a put-on, just a black guy dressed up in a weird ape outfit. Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new: a history lesson in hoaxes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Sure, it was all a put-on: his retirement, the rap career and the way he degenerates through the film. He's still here: Phoenix rises again with 'Master' 2012-09-11T16:50:31Z Berry was raised middle class, so the white working-class accent was a put-on in two ways. The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z He assumes that the public figure of Mr. Rogers must be a character, even a put-on. The Wondrous Heroism of Mr. Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z A great thing about “Greenlights” is that the persona never sounds like a put-on. Review | Matthew McConaughey is ‘alright, alright, alright’ — and thinks you will be too 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Here, these clothes signify emotional work, yet they feel like a put-on, too. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It seemed like a bit of a put-on, like a bit that was chosen for how easy it was for a generally pretty caustic host to escalate. Jimmy Kimmel Is an Unlikely Health Care Advocate. Here's Why He's So Effective 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z By the third depressing hearing, it begins to sound like an immense put-on. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z We learn later that the Arthurian airs were just that — a put-on. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 2: Greetings from the Kingdom 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z And dramatic, sustained pitch changes in speech can be associated with heightened emotional states without indicating a put-on voice. What’s behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z “Whereas with this star, Cassie wears her pickup-bait gear like bad drag; even her long blond hair feels like a put-on.” Carey Mulligan Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The whole film is a campy put-on, right? Movie Review: In ‘Beneath,’ Young Partiers End Up Stranded in a Rowboat 2013-07-15T21:08:06Z But he writes with sensitivity too, from painterly depictions of the Palm Desert and Salton Sea to riffs on the Talmud that suggest Cohen’s faith isn’t entirely a put-on. 30 books we can't wait to read this fall 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But it was just a tactic — what Kanai called a “put-on.” How two friends sparked L.A.’s sushi obsession — and changed the way America eats 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z This sounds heavy, but “Emergency” possesses an extraordinarily light touch, with Williams moving the action along at a satisfying trot and Dávila’s dialogue never feeling preachy or put-on. Review | ‘Emergency’ is a college party comedy with teeth 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Hilton says the dumb blonde act was a put-on, “I was always in on the joke, but I knew exactly what I was doing. Behind the scenes, I was building a brand.” U.S. reality TV star Paris Hilton launches metaverse business on Roblox 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Her Valerie’s calm courage is believable; in the hands of a lesser performer it might have seemed a put-on, a plot element, rather than who this woman is. Review: 'Copshop' has fun with a bunch of bad men and one good woman 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But let’s say the whole thing isn’t a put-on. Conservative social networks keep making the same mistake 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “And the first thing I thought about — because it’s a very simple riff — were all the comments: ‘This is guitar for 5-year-olds,’” she said, imagining the condescending remarks with a put-on sneer. Sex, Bono and depression: How Haim embraced chaos and made their most revealing album yet 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z When he wasn’t merely blank, he was a master of the evasive put-on, the non-answer, the deadpan stammer. Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z National Review called the crimes “objectively trivial” and dismissed “the media’s daily spasms of moral indignation” as “a gleeful put-on.” Opinion | Scandalize! Minimize! Repeat as Necessary 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z At times he turns Warhol’s pithy remarks into fodder for critical barbs: Warhol writes, “People used to say that I tried to ‘put on’ the media,” and Reed sings, “I’m a put-on.” Perspective | How I discovered a dozen new Lou Reed songs 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z He was a prankster, a master of the put-on that thumbed its nose at what he saw as a stuffy and blundering political establishment. Paul Krassner, Anarchist, Prankster and a Yippies Founder, Dies at 87 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Her reaction was partly genuine, but largely a put-on; she was merely doing as she’d been instructed. 'Worst Olympian ever': how a young skier triumphed over trolls 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Trump's pique "is genuine. None of it is a put-on," said Michael Caputo, a former political advisor. Two funerals and a wedding: The shunning of Donald Trump 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Now his natural British accent sounded jarring, like a put-on. The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “And my goal is to become American’s biggest put-on.” Adam West, star of the 'Batman' TV series, dies at 88 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z As is often the case with psychological studies, the whole setup was a put-on. Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z In both “Fish Tank” and her little-seen, boldly revisionist adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” the director’s rough-hewn style seemed almost precocious in its primitivism; all that raw austerity could feel like a bit of a put-on. Andrea Arnold's 'American Honey' is an indelible epic of the open road 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Like Reiner's perfect-pitch put-on of the rock scene, "This Is Spinal Tap," "Stand By Me" uses the music of the day for great jolts of affectionate memory. 'Stand by Me' is a summer standout 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z It sounds like a put-on, but Mr. Adams insists he’s serious: It’s “definitely funny,” he allows, but “it’s only a joke by coincidence.” Dilbert Explains Donald Trump 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z One reader emailed us to suggest this is all an elaborate put-on, engineered by the filmmakers for viral-marketing purposes. Del Taco Loco 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The notion of a roleplaying game on a postage stamp-sized device, designed by a company known best for its inclination toward encyclopedic experiences, sounds almost like a put-on. The Creator of 'Final Fantasy' Is Making a Game You Wouldn't Expect 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Images and ideas appear here as one big put-on, and everything gets absorbed into the DISosphere, a feeble blancmange of logos and light boxes. Welcome to the LOLhouse: how the Berlin Biennale became a slick, sarcastic joke 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The put-on functions centrally in these movies for people who are too bright to be literal-minded. What Movie Censors Did for Women 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Now there’s no way to tell which confidence is hard-won and which is a put-on; who is a macrobiotic expert and who is hiding deep distress behind a cheery digital facade. The digital wellness charade: you don't need witnesses to your 'best life' | Rebecca Carroll 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z It was an act, a put-on—perhaps the most effective double bluff in the history of literary P.R. Gore Vidal’s Delusions of Candor 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Everything about “The Colbert Report” was a put-on, a fake, but the grief of losing it is real. Farewell, Stephen Colbert. (And hello, Stephen Colbert.) 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z And what made the show work as more than a cheeky put-on was the implicit target of its satire. The 'Batman' TV Series Is The Greatest Batman Story Ever Told 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z California is a beautiful fraud; a magnificent put-on, an exquisitely lush illusion. Fountains Of Solutions: Western Water And California Drought (Part 1) 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Think of him as China’s Stephen Colbert – only his patriotism shtick isn’t a put-on. China TV anchor known for patriotic views is held in corruption probe 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z His interest in smart women is not just a put-on. Joe Biden, the thinking woman’s sex symbol There was @Horse_ebooks, a fake account that was half put-on, half performance art. @GSElevator And The Seductive Ease Of Twitter Hoaxes 2014-02-25T18:22:00Z I wanted her to smile, even that put-on smile, but her face was blank. Romesh Gunesekera: “Road Kill.” 2013-11-25T05:00:00Z And those who place primary blame for the house-price bubble on the Federal Reserve are exaggerating so much that it smacks of a put-on. Economix Blog: Alan Blinder on the Lessons of the Financial Crisis 2013-01-24T15:00:24Z Green and his screenwriter, David Seltzer, frame the film with deadly seriousness, yet it all seems like a put-on. Marauding Ants Make “Hellstrom” Best Bug Movie Ever: DVD Review 2012-02-21T15:27:32Z "These simple, unostentatious tastes do you credit before the world, sir," said Heffernan, with a well put-on look of admiration. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z It's relationship marketing with an actual relationship, even if it's a put-on one. The Rise of the Sheconomy 2010-11-11T18:10:00Z It’s not a joke, it’s not a put-on, he really does "feel your pain," and people know it. It's time for Obama to pull a Clinton 2010-10-10T15:01:00Z There was no put-on and no disguises in their meeting. A Yankee from the West A Novel He looked so frank and handsome—so different in his brown tweeds and carelessly put-on hat to the carefully dressed dandies, their companions of the day before. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,—the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader. Whitman A Study "Here we are," she says, very pleasantly, and with all the put-on manner of one who has made up her mind to be extremely joyous under distinct difficulties. April's Lady A Novel This was evidently no put-on apology for the occasion, and Wyndham, as he spoke, looked as penitent as his words. The Willoughby Captains Hardship, rigorous Necessity was the poor boy’s companion; no man nor no thing would put-on a false face to flatter Martin Luther. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History This practice excited some interest in Kua-ko, who had a little more of curiosity and geniality and less of the put-on dignity of the others, and with him I became most intimate. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest In her I first learned that music was not a put-on art, an accomplishment, but the outpouring of soul. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs Now there's all the difference in the world between that sort of put-on culture and culture in the grain, isn't there? Philistia There is nothing proud or put-on about him—nothing—even if his father is a judge, and rich into the bargain. Ten Nights in a Bar Room |
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