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

• The crisis exploded Britain's lingering imperial pretensions, and hastened the independence of its colonies.
  苏伊士运河危机暴露了英国流连不肯放弃其帝国虚荣，加速了其殖民地的独立行为。
• 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。
• I have no pretensions to expertise in this held.
  我称不上是这个领域的专家。
• He made pretensions to literature and to materialism.
  他自以为爱好文学和唯物主义。
• 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。
• A home is just a house with pretensions.
  家，就是一个装满了虚荣的房子。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their professions to justice are just that, they are professions or pretensions expressing their vanity and their ambition.
  他们在正义上的专业训练，只是他们的专业，或说自命表达其自负与野心。
• They also set about shoring up their legal claim against Portugal's pretensions to the newly discovered lands.
  他们开始指控葡萄牙觊觎西班牙发现的新大陆。