pretensions
n.
自称( pretension的名词复数 );
自命不凡;
要求;
权力;
例句:
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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。
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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。
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It lacks the pretensions of Brighton and the tack of Blackpool.
来自THETIMES
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She is endearingly free of pretensions.
她丝毫不做作，很讨人喜爱。
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The Medawars are indeed great putters down of...pretensions.
来自New York Review of Books
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The only things of which we...could find any pretensions to complain.
来自S. Johnson