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pretension
[英] [prɪˈtenʃən] [美] [prɪˈtɛnʃən] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. N-VAR 自命不凡；虚荣；矫饰 If you say that someone has pretensions, you disapprove of them because they claim or pretend that they are more important than they really are. 

  • Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world...

    她的天真烂漫很快就暴露了艺术界的矫揉造作。

  • We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.

    我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。

2. N-UNCOUNT 声称；标榜；自称 If someone has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing. 

  • The city has unrealistic pretensions to world-class status...

    这个城市不切实际地标榜自己为国际都市。

  • It will remain as a pressure group, but no longer has any pretension to be a political party.

    它仍然是一个压力集团，但不再自称是一个政党。

Noun

1. a false or unsupportable quality

2. the advancing of a claim;

  • "his pretension to the crown"
  • "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

3. the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)

1. He makes no pretension(s) to skill.
他并不自以为有技能。

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2. She talks of her rich friends with great pretension.
她以夸耀口吻谈到她有钱的朋友。

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