pretension
英 [prɪ'tenʃ(ə)n]
美[prɪ'tɛnʃən]
- n. 自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲
英英释意
- 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)
