讲排场

在一些地方，有钱人请人代为哭丧，是为了讲排场，摆阔气。

In some places , rich people ask others to cry in funerals for waste and extravagance .

他只知道她是个永远那么年轻的寡妇，一个很会讲排场的法国女人。

He had only known the perennial widow , the discreetly expensive Frenchwoman .

我就是喜欢这里讲排场消费又高。

I like it because of its high class and price .

加尔布雷思认为，尼赫鲁不会要求大讲排场。

Gallbraith thought that Nehru would prefer no fuss .

他根本不富有，但却喜欢讲排场。

He likes to give way to display even though he is not rich at all .

这次婚礼跟其他不重衣着、不讲排场的婚礼非常相似。

The wedding was very much like other weddings , where the parties have no taste for finery or parade ;

他尽管很神气，爱讲排场，但我觉得他并不象他装的那么有钱。

With all his conceit and extravagance he is not so rich , I fancy , as he affects to be .

虽然亨利八世在位时吃饭很讲排场，但克伦威尔和其他人没有效仿。

Whereas the court of Henry VIII dined in great splendour , the Cromwells didn 't go in for entertaining , so no one else did either .

而且，在中国，对双方父母而言，婚礼讲的是排场。

Also , in China a wedding ceremony is largely a way for the couple ` s parents to demonstrate their financial status .