His pretentiousness will only expose his vacuity.
如果他作势唬人,那只能暴露出他的空虚。
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的丽兹酒店用餐, 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, 等他的离婚应该完成, 并试验大篷车。