pretension

英 [prɪ'tenʃn] 美 [prɪ'tenʃn]

• n. 声称；自命；要求；自负；狂妄；炫耀

英英释义

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 (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
   他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。
2. He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
   他并不以这方面专家自居。
3. Readers may find the pretension and arrogance of her style irritating.
   读者可以感觉到她文章中的狂妄自负令人反感。
4. 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。

经典引文

• The only things of which we..could find any pretensions to complain.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Miss Bird..declares all the viands of Japan to be uneatablesa staggering pretension.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

近反义词

【近义词】

• pretense 借口
• pretence 假装
• affectation 假装
• posturing 动词posture的现在...
• self-importance 自尊
• snobbery 势利
• vanity 自负
• prescription 处方
• air 空气
• largeness 巨大
• pretentiousness 自命不凡