| Front | pretension |
|---|---|
| Back | 牛津8 BrE /prɪˈtenʃn/NAmE /prɪˈtenʃn/noun  word origin  thesaurus  example bank [countable, usually plural, uncountable]1 the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other peopleintellectual pretensions The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class. He spoke without pretension.2 a claim to be or to do sth~ (to sth/to doing sth)a building with no pretensions to architectural merit~ (to do sth) The movie makes no pretension to reproduce life. 牛津7双解 柯林斯2008 |
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