pretension

英 [prɪˈtenʃn]

美 [prɪˈtenʃn]

n.  虚饰; 虚夸; 自命; 声称; 标榜

复数：pretensions　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11562 / COCA.14551

牛津词典

noun

• 虚饰；虚夸
  the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other people
  1. intellectual pretensions
     装作有知识
  2. 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。
  3. He spoke without pretension.
     他有话直说，不装相。
• 自命；声称；标榜
  a claim to be or to do sth
  1. a building with no pretensions to architectural merit
     没有刻意表现建筑特色的楼房
  2. The movie makes no pretension to reproduce life.
     这部电影并未标榜重现了真实生活。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a false or unsupportable quality
  Synonym:pretensepretence
• 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
• the advancing of a claim
  1. his pretension to the crown
  2. the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

双语例句

• Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.
  他从来不附庸风雅。
• Study on the Theories and Applications of the "Ejection Method" Measuring the Membrane Structure's Pretension
  弹射法测量膜结构预张力的理论及应用研究
• Friction increases with increasing pretension.
  摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加。
• I can also be pretension and flash it away to others. haha!
  我也可以好好骄傲与炫耀一下啊！
• 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。
• The drive-belt pretension cannot be adjusted.
  传动带张紧度不能进行调整。
• And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions.
  即使把这种冒认放在我的最严肃的信念这一边，我也仍要不折不扣地非难它和斥责它。
• I make no pretension to skill as an artist, but I enjoy painting.
  我并不自命有画家的技巧，但我喜欢绘画。
• Iterative Method of Structural Analysis about Removal of Cable in Cable-stayed Structures with Pretension
  预张力斜拉结构拉索卸除后结构分析的迭代法
• His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.
  他的行动是对他自我吹嘘的一个讽刺。