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pretension n.假装，做作;要求，主张;自负;借口;vt.[建]预张，预拉; pl:pretensions~

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英[prɪˈtenʃn]  美[prɪˈtɛnʃən] 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：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。例：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：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。例：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。

单词	pretension
音标	英[prɪˈtenʃn] 美[prɪˈtɛnʃən]
解释	n.假装，做作;要求，主张;自负;借口;vt.[建]预张，预拉;
例句	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：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。例：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：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。例：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。
变形	pl:pretensions~

Pretensions Claim 英[Prɪˈtenʃn 美[Prɪˈtɛnʃən N.假装，做作;要求，主张;自负;借口;Vt.[建]预张，预拉 N Var 自命不凡；虚荣；矫饰 Disapprove