pretension
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR 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. 做作[表不滿]
Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world. 她的天真無邪很快就暴露出藝術界的做作。
2. N-PLURAL If someone has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing. 聲稱
The city has unrealistic pretensions to world-class status. 該城市不切實際地聲稱爲世界一流城市。
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pretension /prɪˈtɛnʃən/ (pretensions)
剑桥词典
- [ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 通常作爲複數使用的名詞 ]
a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value
自命，標榜；意圖；抱負
The Chronicle has pretensions to being a serious newspaper . 《記事報》想辦成一份嚴肅的報紙。
The NY Giants' Super Bowl pretensions were dashed when they were beaten last week . 紐約巨人隊上周的失利使其超級碗奪冠意圖受挫。
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] (also pretentiousness, )
the act of trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are
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