pretensions的中文翻译是什么意思

pretensions

UK/prɪ'tɛnʃən/

n. 自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力

pretensions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。

pretensions场景例句

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。

She is endearingly free of pretensions.

她丝毫不做作,很讨人喜爱。

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。

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。

He makes no pretensions to skill.

他并不自以为有技能。

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