pretension

pretension音标

英 [prɪˈtenʃn]

美 [prɪˈtɛnʃən]

pretension基本释义

n.声称；自命；要求；自负；狂妄；炫耀

pretension用法及例句

noun

1. a false or unsupportable quality

Synonym: pretensepretence

2. 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

3. the advancing of a claim

e.g. his pretension to the crownthe town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

1. 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.

pretension的解释

e.g. 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。e.g. We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。

2. 声称；标榜；自称If someone has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing.

e.g. 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。e.g. 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**。

1. pretension是什么意思

1. 要求,权利,借口：3. dehumanized 使失去人/个性的 | 4. pretension 要求,权利,借口 | 5. look beneath 看到下面

2. 借口：pretense 借口 | pretension 借口 | pretentious 自负的

3.自负：Impressive感人的 | Pretension自负 | Argot行话

4. 借口, 要求, 主张, 自负, 骄傲：prestressed concrete 钢筋混凝土 | pretension 借口, 要求, 主张, 自负, 骄傲 | prevailing流行,占优势

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

近义词

临近词

self-importance自尊

pretentiousness自命不凡

snobbery势利

prescription处方

largeness巨大

pretence假装

pretense借口

vanity自负

air空气

posturing动词posture的现在...

affectation假装

pretension stress

pretensioniog bed

pretense

pretensioned

Pretensioner

pretensioned wire

pretensioned pipe

pretentious

pretensioning

pretension force

pretensioned bar

pretensioning bed

相关列句

The measurement of the at-working tensioned membrane structure's pretension belongs to the nondestructive monitoring category.(对使用中的建筑张拉膜结构的预张力的检测属于无损检测范畴。)

It is quite complex and difficult to simulate bolt pretension accurately in the analysis of bolt joint by finite element method.(在螺栓联接的有限元分析中准确模拟螺栓的预紧力是一项复杂而困难的工作。)

His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.(他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺。)

The raw materials and the pretension method are improved.(对原材料和预张拉方法进行改进。)

The effect of pretension.(预张力的影响。)

The world is his, who can see through its pretension.(这世界是他的，他看穿了它的假面。)

It is the most impudent piece of pretension I ever heard of in my life.(这是我一生中从没听说过的*厚颜无耻的一项要求了。)

We went the Oxford Union bar, which was absolutely amazing in its sheer classy pretension.(我们昨天晚上去了牛津联盟酒吧，这绝对是很棒的经典借口。)

Okay, who thinks the food is delicious and a little pretension never hurt anyone?(好的，有谁觉得食物是很美味的而一点点做作是没关系的？)

The only difference I can see between tourists and travellers is a fair whack of pretension.(而我能看到的唯一区别是旅游和旅行者之间的貌似公平的自欺欺人。)