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n. 自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲
n.
假装，做作；要求，主张；自负；借口
vt.
[建]预张，预拉；
变形
复数：pretensions
英英释义
pretension[ pri'tenʃən, pri:- ]
n.
a false or unsupportable quality
同义词：pretensepretence
the advancing of a claim
"his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
同义词：pretentiousnesslargeness
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。
He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
他并不以这方面专家自居。
Readers may find the pretension and arrogance of her style irritating.
读者可以感觉到她文章中的狂妄自负令人反感。
The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.
这出戏讽刺了新中产阶级的装模作样。
权威例句
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pretension (n.)
mid-15c., "assertion, allegation; objection; intention; signification," from Medieval Latin pretensionem (nominative praetensio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praetendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege" (see pretend (v.)). Meaning "unproven claim" is from c. 1600. Sense of "ostentation" is from 1727.
1. I make no pretension to expert knowledge of financial matter
我不自诩有金融方面的专门知识
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考
2. Friction increases with increasing pretension.
摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. But it is the essence of scientific method to limit its own pretension.
但是，科学方法的本质正是要对它自己的要求加以限制。
-- 来源 -- 哲学部分 - kexuefangfajuxian
4. He has no pretension(s) to learning.
他不能自称 [说不上] 有学问。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. He had no taste for shame, tack or pretension, and his credo as a professional soldier was unified and concise.
他不喜欢装假、做作，或是八面玲珑，作为职业军人，他的信条是：表里一致，言简意赅。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. Free from ostentation or pretension;modest.
朴素的，谦逊的；端庄的
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
7. It is the most impudent piece of pretension I ever heard of in my life.
这是我一生中从没听说过的最厚颜无耻的一项要求了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. Lacking pretension or affectation;modest.
自然的；谦逊的缺乏虚饰或矫揉造作的；谦逊的
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
9. Self-reliance is sneered at as an absurd suburban pretension.
依靠自己被讥笑为一种荒唐的偏狭的见解。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.
他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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