英语词汇“pretension”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pretension

/prɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)n

noun

1 (pretension to) A claim or assertion of a claim to something: his pretensions to the imperial inheritance [mass noun]: all that we cannot tolerate is pretension to infallibility...

Another reaction to our new scientific powers is what I will call the Malthusian Pretension - that is, the pretension to the ability to predict mankind's limitations.
Intelligence's pretension to being objective is a hoax because those parts of it that do not reconfirm the power structure's interests and predetermined policies are ignored and discarded.
As a result, the pretension to universality is all the more justified as researchers find themselves working in decontextualized and highly formalized fields.

Synonyms

aspiration, claim, assertion, pretence, profession, purporting

1.1 (often pretensions) A claim or aspiration to a particular quality: another ageing rocker with literary pretensions...

Maybe I'll throw my literary pretensions out of the window for a while and try hurling a few oddly-shaped shards of prose in your direction.
Preferably female and extremely annoying, with literary pretensions.
The important thing is that no one with literary pretensions should be allowed near the project!

2 [mass noun] The use of affectation to impress; pretentiousness: he spoke simply, without pretension...

He has staked out his claim for being a great critic through portentousness, pomposity, and extravagant pretension, and, from all appearances, seems to have achieved it.
Its very simplicity serves as a correction to the elaborate artifice and pretension - most of it hollow - that pervade current dance-making.
When she is there with you, she is simply there, with no pretension, no elaboration, no show.

Synonyms

pretentiousness, affectation, affectedness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, artificiality, attitudinizing, airs, posing, posturing, showing off, hypocrisy, snobbery, show, flashiness;

pomposity, pompousness, floweriness, grandiosity, grandness, grandiloquence, magniloquence, elaborateness, extravagance, heroics, flamboyance, ornateness, bombast, turgidity, rhetoric, pedantry

informal la-di-da

British informal side

Australian/New Zealand informal guyver

rare fustian, flatulence

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin praetensio(n-), from praetens- 'alleged', from the verb praetendere (see pretend).

单词	pretension
释义	pretension /prɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)n / noun 1 (pretension to) A claim or assertion of a claim to something: his pretensions to the imperial inheritance [mass noun]: all that we cannot tolerate is pretension to infallibility... Another reaction to our new scientific powers is what I will call the Malthusian Pretension - that is, the pretension to the ability to predict mankind's limitations. Intelligence's pretension to being objective is a hoax because those parts of it that do not reconfirm the power structure's interests and predetermined policies are ignored and discarded. As a result, the pretension to universality is all the more justified as researchers find themselves working in decontextualized and highly formalized fields. Synonyms aspiration, claim, assertion, pretence, profession, purporting 1.1 (often pretensions) A claim or aspiration to a particular quality: another ageing rocker with literary pretensions... Maybe I'll throw my literary pretensions out of the window for a while and try hurling a few oddly-shaped shards of prose in your direction. Preferably female and extremely annoying, with literary pretensions. The important thing is that no one with literary pretensions should be allowed near the project! 2 [mass noun] The use of affectation to impress; pretentiousness: he spoke simply, without pretension... He has staked out his claim for being a great critic through portentousness, pomposity, and extravagant pretension, and, from all appearances, seems to have achieved it. Its very simplicity serves as a correction to the elaborate artifice and pretension - most of it hollow - that pervade current dance-making. When she is there with you, she is simply there, with no pretension, no elaboration, no show. Synonyms pretentiousness, affectation, affectedness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, artificiality, attitudinizing, airs, posing, posturing, showing off, hypocrisy, snobbery, show, flashiness; pomposity, pompousness, floweriness, grandiosity, grandness, grandiloquence, magniloquence, elaborateness, extravagance, heroics, flamboyance, ornateness, bombast, turgidity, rhetoric, pedantry informal la-di-da British informal side Australian/New Zealand informal guyver rare fustian, flatulence Origin Late Middle English: from medieval Latin praetensio(n-), from praetens- 'alleged', from the verb praetendere (see pretend).
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