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pretension美 [prɪ'tenʃən] 英 [prɪ'tenʃ(ə)n] - n.虚饰；虚夸；自命；声称
- v.【建】预张
- 网络要求；主张；自负
复数：pretensions 过去分词：pretensioned 现在分词：pretensioning n. affectation,airs,posturing,pretence,pretense 1. | 虚饰；虚夸the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other people |
| intellectual pretensions 装作有知识 | | 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。 | | He spoke without pretension. 他有话直说，不装相。 |
2. | 自命；声称；标榜a claim to be or to do sth |
| a building with no pretensions to architectural merit 没有刻意表现建筑特色的楼房 | | The movie makes no pretension to reproduce life. 这部电影并未标榜重现了真实生活。 |
n. | 1. affected behavior intended to give an appearance of greater importance, status, or knowledge than is warranted 2. an untruthful or dubious assertion of a right to something, especially something valuable, admirable, or prestigious 3. the act of formally putting forward a claim 4. a way of behaving that is intended to impress other people but seems false or too deliberate 1. affected behavior intended to give an appearance of greater importance, status, or knowledge than is warranted 2. an untruthful or dubious assertion of a right to something, especially something valuable, admirable, or prestigious 3. the act of formally putting forward a claim 4. a way of behaving that is intended to impress other people but seems false or too deliberate | v. | 1. to strengthen reinforced concrete by applying tension to the reinforcing steel before the concrete has set |
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