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。
He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
他并不以这方面专家自居。
You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
多亏你使我明白过来，我既然认定一位小姐值得我去博她欢心，我又一味对她自命不凡，那是万万办不到的。
And as far as the governing class made any pretensions to govern, they were ridiculous too.
我们能者是政治上能。自命有统治能力的统治阶级，也可笑。
He abandoned all divine pretensions and put Christian symbols on the shields and banners of his troops.
他抛弃所有神授的权利，把基督教的标志放在他的军队的盾牌和旗帜上。
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。
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。
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。
His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
在历史上，只有一种力量能够打破仇恨和怨忿的束缚，撕下暴君的伪装，满足那些宽容大度的正派人士的愿望，那就是人类自由的力量。