pretension
pretension 英 [prɪˈtenʃn] 美 [prɪˈtɛnʃən]
n. 自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲
名词复数:pretensions
- Pretension is what you're guilty of when you boorishly try to impress other people with how important or clever you are.
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- n. 自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲
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1. We went the Oxford Union bar, which was absolutely amazing in its sheer classy pretension.
我们昨天晚上去了牛津联盟酒吧，这绝对是很棒的经典借口。
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2. It is arrogant pretension in man to believe that his role in the universe is different from that of other objects.
认为人类在宇宙中扮演的角色与其他事物与众不同，则是一种傲慢的自负。
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3. Psychologists should recognize this and give up the pretension that empirical investigations alone can answer the big questions about happiness.
心理学家应该认识到这一点并不再自负单靠实证调查就可以解答那些有关快乐的大问题。
- pretension (n.) mid-15c., "assertion, allegation; objection; intention; signification," from Medieval Latin pretensionem (nominative praetensio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praetendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege" (see pretend (v.)). Meaning "unproven claim" is from c. 1600. Sense of "ostentation" is from 1727.
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