英汉解释

n. 自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲

同义词

n. largeness，pretence，pretense，pretentiousness

反义词

n.   unpretentiousness

参考例句

1. He has no pretension(s) to learning.
他不能自称[说不上]有学问。
2. His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.
他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺。
3. Self-reliance is sneered at as an absurd suburban pretension.
依靠自己被讥笑为一种荒唐的偏狭的见解。

英英解释

n.
  1. a false or unsupportable quality
  2. the advancing of a claim
  3. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appeara

网络释义

pretension
预张力; 夸张; 借口; 预应力，预控力;
pretension spring
预应力弹簧;
pretension anchor
预抛锚;
pretension pretension
借口，自负，自以为是; 借口,自负,自以为是;
compensator pretension
补偿器预拉伸;