pretension

英 [prɪˈtenʃn]

美 [prɪˈtenʃn]

n.  虚饰; 虚夸; 自命; 声称; 标榜

复数：pretensions　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11562 / COCA.14551

牛津词典

noun

• 虚饰；虚夸
  the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other people
  1. intellectual pretensions
     装作有知识
  2. 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。
  3. He spoke without pretension.
     他有话直说，不装相。
• 自命；声称；标榜
  a claim to be or to do sth
  1. a building with no pretensions to architectural merit
     没有刻意表现建筑特色的楼房
  2. The movie makes no pretension to reproduce life.
     这部电影并未标榜重现了真实生活。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a false or unsupportable quality
  Synonym:pretensepretence
• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
  Synonym:pretentiousnesslargeness
• the advancing of a claim
  1. his pretension to the crown
  2. the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

双语例句

• Force Balance Characteristics and Pretension Design of Asymmetric Cable Net Parabolic Antenna
  非对称索网抛物面天线力平衡特性及预拉力设计
• The world is his, who can see through its pretension.
  这世界是他的，他看穿了它的假面。
• No& said Darcy, I have made no such pretension.
  不，达西说，我并没有说过这种装场面的话。
• We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.
  我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
• And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions.
  即使把这种冒认放在我的最严肃的信念这一边，我也仍要不折不扣地非难它和斥责它。
• Iterative Method of Structural Analysis about Removal of Cable in Cable-stayed Structures with Pretension
  预张力斜拉结构拉索卸除后结构分析的迭代法
• The bi-prestressed concrete is a compound prestressed concrete, we could make whose compressive area bear pretension and tensile area bear compressive stress.
  双预应力混凝土结构是在混凝土构件的受压区施加预拉应力，受拉区施加预压应力的复合预应力混凝土结构。
• Implicit analysis has been conducted in ANSYS for application of pretension loading, and explicit dynamic analysis of the pre-tighten status has been achieved in LS-DYNA.
  在ANSYS中进行隐式分析，利用拉杆预压缩方法施加机身预紧载荷；在LS-DYNA中进行预紧状态下显式动力学分析。
• Be humble, be harmless, gave no pretension, be upright, forbearing, serve you teacher in true obedience.
  要谦虚，无恶意，不虚伪，要正直，宽容，对你的老师要真正的服从。
• 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。