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pretension

英 [pr?'ten?(?)n] 美[pr?'t?n??n]
  • n. 自負;要求;主張;借口;驕傲

英英釋意


1. a false or unsupportable quality
2. the advancing of a claim;
"his pretension to the crown"
"the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
3. the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)