pretension

美 [prɪˈtenʃn]英 [prɪˈtenʃn]
  • n.做作;自命;标榜;虚饰;声称;虚夸

复数: pretensions

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noun

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。

pretension

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 自命不凡;虚荣;矫饰
    If you say that someone has pretensions, you disapprove of them because they claim or pretend that they are more important than they really are.

    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
    N-UNCOUNT 声称;标榜;自称
    If someone has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing.

    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。

noun

1
a false or unsupportable quality
Synonym: pretense pretence
2
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Synonym: pretentiousness largeness
3
the advancing of a claim
his pretension to the crown
the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

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  1. 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。

  2. Shanghai has pretensions to be the 21st century 's new New York , a green , rationally planned , ultra-modern city .

    上海自命要成为21世纪的新纽约——一座合理规划、超现代的绿色城市。

  3. 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。

  4. The movie makes no pretension to reproduce life .

    这部电影并未标榜重现了真实生活。

  5. He spoke without pretension .

    他有话直说,不装相。

  6. We like him for his honesty , his lack of pretension .

    我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。

  7. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices .

    他从来不附庸风雅。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. He entertained his readers by lampooning the pretensions of the rich

    他以冷嘲热讽自以为是的有钱人来愉悦读者。

  12. 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。

  13. Based on all these results , pretension parameters are decided .

    在此基础上确定了预紧参数。

  14. The article discusses a new type pretension mechanism for drawing film .

    介绍了一种新型薄膜预拉伸机构,即把被动拉伸变为主动拉伸,克服了被动拉伸的一些缺点;

  15. The raw materials and the pretension method are improved .

    对原材料和预张拉方法进行改进。

  16. I make no pretension to expert knowledge of financial matter

    我不自诩有金融方面的专门知识

  17. A New Technology of Pretension Concrete Anchor Slab Soil Nail Wall Support

    预拉力混凝土锚板土钉墙支护新技术

  18. Simple and Convenient Membrane Pretension Measurement and Testing Experiments for Measuring Instrument

    简便的膜材预张力测量法及测量仪器验证试验

  19. Applying pretension can improve stress state of surrounding mass .

    预紧力的作用主要表现为改善围岩应力状态。

  20. Calculation of Test Load of Controlling Classical V - belt Pretension

    控制普通Ⅴ带初拉力的测量载荷计算

  21. Application of Pretension Concrete Stand Column on the Treatment of Soft Foundations

    预应力砼管桩在软土地基处治上的应用

  22. Preliminary Study on Membrane Pretension Measurement by Numerical Calculations

    采用数值计算进行膜材预张力测量方法初探

  23. She makes no pretensions to expert knowledge of the subject .

    她未自诩在这个题目上是专家。

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Numerical Simulation of Gateway Supported by Pretension Bolt in Different Separation Width

    不同离层宽度时预应力锚杆支护巷道稳定性数值模拟

  27. The world is his , who can see through its pretension .

    这世界是他的,他看穿了它的假面。

  28. Research on one kind of long sensing gauge fiber Bragg grating sensor with pretension

    一种预张拉大标距光纤光栅应变传感器的研究

  29. Influence analysis of pretension on static and dynamic performances of stay cable - arch structure

    预张力对斜拉索拱结构的静动力性能影响分析

  30. A pretension method for major diameter bolts using hydraulic stretching equipment is introduced .

    介绍了一种大直径螺栓的预紧方法液压拉伸预紧法。