A claim or assertion to something, often without justification; an attempt to impress by showing greater importance or talent than is actually possessed.
含义翻译
对某事的主张或声明，通常没有正当理由；通过展示比实际拥有的更多的地位或才能来试图给人留下深刻印象。
duì mǒu shì de zhǔzhāng huò shēngmíng, tōngcháng méiyǒu zhèngdàng lǐyóu; tōngguò zhǎnshì bǐ shíjì yǒngyǒu de gèng duō de dìwèi huò cáinéng lái shìtú gěi rén liúxià shēnkè yìnxiàng.
例句
His pretension to be an expert was quickly exposed.
他的假装是专家的伪装很快被揭穿了。
tā de jiǎzhuāng shì zhuānjiā de wěizhuāng hěn kuài bèi jiēchuānle.
同义词
claim, aspiration, affectation, vanity, show
反义词
humility, modesty
搭配词
false pretension, intellectual pretension, pretension to power, artistic pretension
