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pretension
美音: [prɪˈtenʃn] 英音: [prɪˈtɛnʃən]

第三人称复数:pretensions

pretension基本解释

名词自负; 假装,做作; 要求,主张; 借口

及物动词[建]预张,预拉

pretension相关例句

名词

1. pretension的意思

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

2. I make no pretensions to expert Knowledge of financial matters.
我不自诩有金融方面的专门知识。

3. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.
我不敢自命是一位艺术家。

pretension网络解释

1. pretension是什么意思

1. 要求,权利,借口:3. dehumanized 使失去人/个性的 | 4. pretension 要求,权利,借口 | 5. look beneath 看到下面

2. 借口:pretense 借口 | pretension 借口 | pretentious 自负的

3. 自负:Impressive感人的 | Pretension自负 | Argot行话

4. 借口, 要求, 主张, 自负, 骄傲:prestressed concrete 钢筋混凝土 | pretension 借口, 要求, 主张, 自负, 骄傲 | prevailing流行,占优势

pretension词典解释

1. 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.

pretension的解释

e.g. 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。
e.g. We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.
我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。

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

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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英英释义

noun

1. a false or unsupportable quality

Synonym: pretensepretence

2. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonym: pretentiousnesslargeness

3. the advancing of a claim

e.g. his pretension to the crown
the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

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