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

• 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。
• Analysis of the Deformation of Assembled Frames and the Pretension of Tension Bolts
  组合机架的刚度分析和拉杆预紧力研究
• 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
• The high pretension and intensive bolts and cables can form a compressive reinforcing zone with arch shape.
  高预应力、强力锚杆与锚索能在围岩内形成拱形的压应力加固区域。
• 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。
• The precision straight guide rail has pretension, good rigidity and high accuracy.
  日本进口精密直线矩形导轨，有预紧，钢性好，精度高；
• No& said Darcy, I have made no such pretension.
  不，达西说，我并没有说过这种装场面的话。
• Force Balance Characteristics and Pretension Design of Asymmetric Cable Net Parabolic Antenna
  非对称索网抛物面天线力平衡特性及预拉力设计
• And after two years, we will experience the exciting moment which more than before, and will own more pride and pretension!
  而再过两年，我们将再一次体会比那更令人兴奋的时刻，我们将拥有更大的自豪与骄傲！
• 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。