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pretension的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：
英英释义
Noun:
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a false or unsupportable quality
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the advancing of a claim;
"his pretension to the crown"
"the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
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the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
pretension的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词 (n.)
- His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。 - He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
他并不以这方面专家自居。 - Readers may find the pretension and arrogance of her style irritating.
读者可以感觉到她文章中的狂妄自负令人反感。 - The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.
这出戏讽刺了新中产阶级的装模作样。
经典引文
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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
pretension的相关资料：
近反义词
【近义词】
- pretense 借口
- pretence 假装
- affectation 假装
- posturing 动词posture的现在...
- self-importance 自尊
- snobbery 势利
- vanity 自负
- prescription 处方
- air 空气
- largeness 巨大
- pretentiousness 自命不凡
