pretension基本解释
n.声称;自命;要求;自负;狂妄;炫耀
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第三人称复数:pretensions
基本词汇
n.声称;自命;要求;自负;狂妄;炫耀
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第三人称复数:pretensions
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
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。
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
The only things of which we..could find any pretensions to complain.
出自:S. JohnsonMiss Bird..declares all the viands of Japan to be uneatablesa staggering pretension.
出自:R. L. Stevenson