pretension是什么意思？

pretension

英[prɪˈtenʃn] 美[prɪˈtɛnʃən]

• n. 假装，做作，要求，主张，自负，借口；
• vt. [建]预张，预拉；

复数：pretensions;

例句

• She talks of her rich friends with great pretension. 她以夸耀口吻谈到她有钱的朋友.
• He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension. 他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。
• 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。
• We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension. 我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
• Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices. 他从来不附庸风雅。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  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.
  例句
  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。 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 has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing.
  例句
  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。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  自命不凡,自负
  He makes no pretensions to skill. 他并不自以为有技能。 She talks of her rich friends with great pretension. 她以夸耀口吻谈到她有钱的朋友。
  要求, 主张; 权力, 资格
  have no pretensions to the title 配不上这个称号

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a false or unsupportable quality
  2. the advancing of a claim;
  "his pretension to the crown""the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
  3. the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)