pretensions is pretension's Plural Form

pretension

US [prɪˈtenʃən]
UK [prɪˈtenʃ(ə)n]
  • n.抱负；自负；虚饰；虚荣
  • v.【建】预张
  • Web虚荣做作；伪装；狂妄
Plural Form：pretensions  

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n.
1.
虚饰,假装,做作;虚荣
2.
(有根据的)要求;主张;资格;权利
3.
抱负,意图;自负;自夸的长处;自命,自称
4.
借口,托词;口实
1.
虚饰,假装,做作;虚荣
2.
(有根据的)要求;主张;资格;权利
3.
抱负,意图;自负;自夸的长处;自命,自称
4.
借口,托词;口实
v.
1.
【建】预张,预拉,给...加预应力

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Definition:
AllAll,抱负抱负,自负自负,虚饰虚饰,虚荣虚荣,预张预张,虚荣做作虚荣做作,伪装伪装,狂妄狂妄
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1.
Except his mild little wife there was not a thing with any pretensions to attractiveness about this household.
除了他那温柔娇小的太太之外，这个家庭没有一件东西配得上吸引人。
chú le tā nà wēn róu jiāo xiǎo de tài tài zhī wài , zhè ge jiā tíng méi yǒu yī jiàn dōng xi pèi de shàng xī yǐn rén 。
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2.
Edith Wilson was by no means the benign figure of her pretensions; the president far less than the hero of his aspirations.
伊迪丝·威尔逊决不是她自称的善良角色；总统也远非他所期望的英雄。
yī dí sī · wēi ěr xùn jué bù shì tā zì chēng de shàn liáng jué sè ; zǒng tǒng yě yuǎn fēi tā suǒ qī wàng de yīng xióng 。
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3.
Leaving aside deliberate pretensions, a person tends to project the same personality through all means of communication.
除故意之外，一个人一般在所有交流方式中都展示了同样的个性。
chú gù yì zhī wài , yī gè rén yì bān zài suǒ yǒu jiāo liú fāng shì zhōng dōu zhǎn shì le tóng yàng de gè xìng 。
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4.
Instead, the government looks unlikely either to surrender any of Britain's global pretensions or to be willing to pay for them.
但正相反，政府似乎既不愿意放弃英国的任何全球抱负，也不愿意为这些抱负埋单。
dàn zhèng xiāng fǎn , zhèng fǔ sì hū jì bù yuàn yì fàng qì yīng guó de rèn hé quán qiú bào fù , yě bù yuàn yì wèi zhè xiē bào fù mái dān 。
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5.
A series of rotating coalitions, however, would not measure up to European pretensions to being taken seriously in near abroad.
不过，一系列成员不断变换的联盟，不会让欧洲在周边地区得到重视的愿望成真。
bú guò , yí xì liè chéng yuán bú duàn biàn huàn de lián méng , bú huì ràng ōu zhōu zài zhōu biān dì qū dé dào zhòng shì de yuàn wàng chéng zhēn 。
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6.
Whatever his pretensions, Mr Lieberman is not ready to spearhead a revolt.
无论他用什么借口，利伯曼先生都不会带头反抗。
wú lùn tā yòng shén me jiè kǒu , lì bó màn xiān sheng dōu bú huì dài tóu fǎn kàng 。
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7.
Trade up the Hudson river was controlled by an aristocratic elite with pretensions to secure a steamboat monopoly.
哈迪孙河上的贸易被贵族精英阶层以保护蒸汽机船独占权为名所控制。
hā dí sūn hé shàng de mào yì bèi guì zú jīng yīng jiē céng yǐ bǎo hù zhēng qì jī chuán dú zhàn quán wèi míng suǒ kòng zhì 。
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8.
You know its pretensions. They give themselves the air of demigods .
你们也知道他们如何盛气凌人，自比神明。
nǐ men yě zhī dào tā men rú hé shèng qì líng rén , zì bǐ shén míng 。
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9.
Quite early in its career Buddhism came into conflict with the growing pretensions of the Brahmins.
佛教创立之初，很快就同婆罗门日益增长的矫饰自负发生了冲突。
fó jiào chuàng lì zhī chū , hěn kuài jiù tóng pó luó mén rì yì zēng zhǎng de jiǎo shì zì fù fā shēng le chōng tū 。
tr.bab.la
10.
During the period of her engagement a young lady even of the most slender pretensions counts upon more bouquets than at other times.
在她订婚的日子里一个哪怕是最不善做作的姑娘也比在其他日子里期望更多的鲜花。
zài tā dìng hūn de rì zǐ lǐ yī gè nǎ pà shì zuì bú shàn zuò zuo de gū niang yě bǐ zài qí tā rì zǐ lǐ qī wàng gèng duō de xiān huā 。
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