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pretensions

英 [prɪˈtɛnʃənz]

美 [prəˈtɛnʃənz]

n.  虚饰; 虚夸; 自命; 声称; 标榜
pretension的复数

柯林斯词典

  • N-VAR 自命不凡;虚荣;矫饰
    If you say that someone haspretensions, you disapprove of them because they claim or pretend that they are more important than they really are.
    1. 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。
    2. 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 haspretensions tosomething, they claim to be or do that thing.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

双语例句

  • She's a down-to-earth sort of woman with no pretensions.
    她是那种毫不做作的、朴实的女人。
  • Quite early in its career Buddhism came into conflict with the growing pretensions of the Brahmins.
    佛教创立之初,很快就同婆罗门日益增长的矫饰自负发生了冲突。
  • He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
    他并不以这方面专家自居。
  • The cats must unsheath their claws and lacerate the kings, ripping away their regal pretensions.
    猫必须伸出爪子去抓挠国王,撕破他们帝王式的自命不凡。
  • He's an actor of modest pretensions, quite content to play small parts.
    他是个胸无大志的演员,演些小角色就心满意足了。
  • On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions.
    对街有一家不怎么堂煌的饭馆。
  • You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
    多亏你使我明白过来,我既然认定一位小姐值得我去博她欢心,我又一味对她自命不凡,那是万万办不到的。
  • He never aimed at mere effect, and had none of the little tricks and pretensions of second-rate reputations.
    他从不追求单纯的成功,毫无享有第二流声望的那种人的花俏与做作。
  • A home is just a house with pretensions.
    家,就是一个装满了虚荣的房子。
  • His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
    他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。