pretension
pretension
英[prɪˈtenʃn]美[prɪˈtɛnʃən]
n.假装，做作，要求，主张，自负，借口；
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**。
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。
同义词
pretension的同义词之：
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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**。英汉词典释义
n.
自称,自命
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)
