pretension

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英 [prɪˈtenʃn]

美 [prɪˈtɛnʃən]

是什么意思

假装，做作；要求，主张；自负；借口

vt.

[建]预张，预拉；

变形

复数：pretensions

英英释义

pretension[ pri'tenʃən, pri:- ]

n.
- a false or unsupportable quality
  同义词：pretensepretence
- the advancing of a claim
  "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
  同义词：pretentiousnesslargeness

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

His social pretensions make him appear ridiculous.
他冒充上流社会人士而出尽洋相。
He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
他并不以这方面专家自居。
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。
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。

权威例句

Analysis of Stress under Bolt PretensionPretension loading method for power transmission chain and pretension loading apparatusHigh pretensioned stress and intensive bolting system and its application in deep roadwaysHigh-Strength and Pretension Bolting Support of Coal Roadway and Its ApplicationEffect of the cord pretension of the Dynesys dynamic stabilization system on the biomechanics of the lumbar spineSimulation of Cable﹕tayed Bridge Pretension Forces by Complete Function Collocation Method with Cell PartitionDynamic characteristic analysis of stiffened rectangular plates with pretension CFRP sheetsThe Real-scaled Experimental Test of Pretensioned PSC Girder with Partially Debonded Strands for the End Zone Reinforcement DesignAnalysis on Creep Deflection of Prestressed Concrete Beams with Pretensioned Bent-up Tendons Resulting from Steel Strand Linear in F...Ethiopia since the Derg: a decade of democratic pretension and performanceedited by SIEG...