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

• His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
  他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。
• 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。
• He entertained his readers by lampooning the pretensions of the rich
  他以冷嘲热讽自以为是的有钱人来愉悦读者。
• Its intellectual pretensions are based more on artistic manipulation than vision.
  现代主义智力上的自负更多的是操纵艺术而不是以艺术的洞察力为基础。
• He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
  他并不以这方面专家自居。
• It throws shit on all pretensions and fictions.
  它轻视一切伪装和虚构。
• France, of course, will never surrender its global pretensions.
  当然，法国永远不会放弃自己的国际权力。
• I have no pretensions to expertise in this held.
  我称不上是这个领域的专家。
• 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。
• 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。