His pretentiousness will only expose his vacuity.
如果他作势唬人,那只能暴露出他空虚。
They were dining at the Ritz in Paris, Edith and Sam, feeling superior to its pretentiousness, because that evening they had determined to return to America, when his divorce should be complete, and to experiment with caravans.
伊迪丝和山姆正在巴黎丽兹酒店用餐, 感觉比自命不凡要优越得多, 因为那天晚上他们决定回到美国, 等他离婚应该完成, 并试验篷车。