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。 |