Rothko had insisted the lighting be kept almost pretentiously low.

罗斯柯曾经坚持要让周围的灯光要刻意地调得暗一些。

Could he have said that any more pretentiously?

约翰：他能说得更矫揉造作吗？

Could he have said that any more pretentiously? Stupas.

他能说得再自命不凡吗？ 佛塔。

More often than not, even the beds are unsatisfactory — either pretentiously huge and choked with drapery, or hard and thinly accoutred.

通常情况下， 即使是床也不尽如人意——要么自命不凡、布满帷幔， 要么又硬又单薄。