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

• Analysis of the Deformation of Assembled Frames and the Pretension of Tension Bolts
  组合机架的刚度分析和拉杆预紧力研究
• We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.
  我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
• This type of installation changes the retensile stress brought by pretension in the state of the cold installation and the negative factors of the elevation changes after welding.
  这种安装方式改变了冷态安装预拉伸产生的应力和焊接后标高变化的不利因素。
• 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 pretension of bolts directly affects the deformation form of the deformation of bulging, and the sealing condition between the exchanger thermal sheet spaces.
  而螺栓的预紧力直接影响这种鼓胀变形的形式和板片间的密封状态。
• I make no pretension to skill as an artist, but I enjoy painting.
  我并不自命有画家的技巧，但我喜欢绘画。
• Study on the Theories and Applications of the "Ejection Method" Measuring the Membrane Structure's Pretension
  弹射法测量膜结构预张力的理论及应用研究
• The precision straight guide rail has pretension, good rigidity and high accuracy.
  日本进口精密直线矩形导轨，有预紧，钢性好，精度高；
• A deep antipathy to social pretension.
  对社会虚荣做作的深深反感。
• Effect of pretension on dynamic stiffness of high-speed angular contact ball bearing
  预紧对高速角接触球轴承动态刚度的影响