pretension
英 [pr?'ten?(?)n]
美[pr?'t?n??n]
- n. 自負(fù)；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)