pretension的中文翻译是什么意思

pretension

US/prɪˈtɛnʃən/
UK/prɪˈtenʃn/

n. 假装,做作; 要求,主张; 自负; 借口

pretension柯林斯释义

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。

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。

pretension英文释义

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)

      pretension场景例句

      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.

      Friction increases with increasing pretension.

      摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加.

      She talks of her rich friends with great pretension.

      她以夸耀口吻谈到她有钱的朋友.

      He was beyond any pretension.

      他毫无矫饰之心,虚荣之意.

      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.

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      pretension词性变形

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