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pretension

/pri-ten-shuhn/US // prɪˈtɛn ʃən //UK // (prɪˈtɛnʃən) //

矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性

Related Words

conceit构想,构思,观念,自负hypocrisy虚伪性,伪善,虚伪,虚伪行为snobbery势利眼,势利小人,势力范围,势利眼儿pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气aspiration抱负,愿望,志向,意愿pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假ambition雄心壮志,志向,野心,雄心vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣show显示,展示,显示出,表明self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货phony虚假的,虚假,虚假性,虚伪ostentation浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染disguise伪装,掩饰,伪装成,隐蔽性pretentiousness装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情splash溅起的水花,泼水,溅起,溅射affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心front前面,前面的,正面,前方put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the laying of a claim to something.
    • : a claim or title to something.
    • : Often pretensions. a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like: They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment.
    • : a claim to dignity, importance, or merit.
    • : pretentiousness.
    • : the act of pretending or alleging.
    • : an allegation of doubtful veracity.
    • : a pretext.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounairs, snobbishness
Synonyms
conceit构想,构思,观念,自负hypocrisy虚伪性,伪善,虚伪,虚伪行为pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气snobbery势利眼,势利小人,势力范围,势利眼儿affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏disguise伪装,掩饰,伪装成,隐蔽性fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货front前面,前面的,正面,前方ostentation浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染phony虚假的,虚假,虚假性,虚伪pretentiousness装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大show显示,展示,显示出,表明showboat帆船,帆船表演,秀水湾,帆船赛showiness炫耀性,秀气,炫耀,表现splash溅起的水花,泼水,溅起,溅射vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣vanity虚荣心,虚幻性,虚荣,虚荣心强big talk大谈特谈,大嘴巴,大话西游,大嘴false front假面,虚伪的正面,虚假的前台,虚伪面孔showoff炫耀,炫耀性,炫富,炫技
nounfalse claim, assertion of importance
Synonyms
ambition雄心壮志,志向,野心,雄心aspiration抱负,愿望,志向,意愿pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假allegation指控,指责,指称,指控内容ambitiousness雄心壮志,野心,野心勃勃,雄心勃勃assumption假设,假定,臆断charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏declaration声明,宣布,申报,宣告demand要求,需求,需求量,需求方面disguise伪装,掩饰,伪装成,隐蔽性maintenance维护,维持,维修,维修保养make-believe虚构,虚构的,虚构事实,伪造的pageant选美,选美比赛,选拔赛,选美活动pretext幌子,托词,借口,托辞profession专业,职业,行业,专业性title职称,标题,名称,题目

Examples

  • Neighborhood bowling alleys have a total lack of pretension in the best way.

  • Trekkies are defensive about the minutiae of their sacred source material, sometimes to the point of pretension.

  • Humor, after all, is a social corrective against arrogance, ignorance and pretension.

  • But it's also because, from the APF's point of view, pretension is bad business.

  • People loved Julia because she was very straightforward, and she didn't put on any airs, or have any pretension.

  • “So corrupt, evil, vile American liberal culture, such United States pretension,” as Pygmy reports.

  • The garden was in a perfect state of cultivation, but without the least pretension to taste in its arrangement.

  • The comic poets ridiculed pretension, arrogance, quackery, and lies.

  • The truth about the Carlist pretension is so little known in England that it may be well to state it.

  • The coward is boastful when there is no danger: pretension succeeds in the absence of real merit!

  • And I'm actuated by positive benevolence; I've that impudent pretension.

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