pretensions的中文翻譯是什麼意思

pretensions

UK/prɪ'tɛnʃən/

n. 自稱( pretension的名詞複數 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 權力

pretensions柯林斯釋義

N-VAR自命不凡;虛榮;矯飾

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...

    她的天真爛漫很快就暴露了藝術界的矯揉造作。

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

    我們喜歡他的誠實、不浮誇。

N-UNCOUNT聲稱;標榜;自稱

If someone has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing.

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

    這個城市不切實際地標榜自己為國際都市。

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

    它仍然是一個壓力集團,但不再自稱是一個政黨。

pretensions場景例句

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

她的天真爛漫很快就暴露了藝術界的矯揉造作。

She is endearingly free of pretensions.

她絲毫不做作,很討人喜愛。

The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.

這齣戲諷刺了新中產階級的裝模作樣。

The city has unrealistic pretensions to world-class status.

這個城市不切實際地標榜自己為國際都市。

He makes no pretensions to skill.

他並不自以為有技能。

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