"his pretension to the crown"
"the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
1.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.
pretension的解释
e.g. 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。
e.g. We like him for his honesty, his lack ofpretension.
我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
2.声称；标榜；自称
If someone haspretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing.
e.g. 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。
e.g. It will remain as a pressure group, but no longer has anypretension 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。
1. pretension是什么意思
1. 要求,权利,借口：3. dehumanized 使失去人/个性的 | 4.pretension 要求,权利,借口 | 5. look beneath 看到下面
2. 借口：pretense 借口 |pretension 借口 | pretentious 自负的
3. 自负：Impressive感人的 |pretension自负 | Argot行话
4. 借口, 要求, 主张, 自负, 骄傲：prestressed concrete 钢筋混凝土 |pretension 借口, 要求, 主张, 自负, 骄傲 | prevailing流行,占优势
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。
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。
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。
We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
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。
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。
It is the most impudent piece of pretension I ever heard of in my life.这是我一生中从没听说过的最厚颜无耻的一项要求了.
Friction increases with increasing pretension.摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加.
She talks of her rich friends with great pretension.她以夸耀口吻谈到她有钱的朋友.
He was beyond any pretension.他毫无矫饰之心,虚荣之意.
His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺.
No one who has the slightest pretension to literary tastes insensible to its attraction.凡自以为稍有一点儿文学品位的人都不会对它的吸引力无动于衷.
When holding the line pretension of cable and increasing pretension of membrane, structural curvature increases.当保持索中的预拉力不变,增加膜的预张力时, 所得结构的曲率增大.
The raw materials and pretension method are improved.对原材料和预张拉方法进行改进.
Readers may find the pretension and arrogance of her style irritating.读者可以感觉到她文章中的狂妄自负令人反感.
But it is the essence of scientific method to limit its own pretension.但是,科学方法的本质正是要对它自己的要求加以限制.
He makes no pretension ( s ) to skill.他并不自以为有技能.
Okay, who thinks the food is delicious and a little pretension never hurt anyone?好的, 有谁觉得食物是很美味的而一点点做作是没关系的?
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.
He has no pretension ( s ) to learning.他不能自称[ 说不上 ] 有学问.
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.
Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.他从来不附庸风雅。
We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension.他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。
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。
The only things of which we..could find any pretensions to complain.
出自：S. JohnsonMiss Bird..declares all the viands of Japan to be uneatablesa staggering pretension.
出自：R. L. Stevenson
