pretension meaning in English
n.
1.抱负，意图；自负；自夸的长处；自命，自称。
2.虚饰，假装，做作；虚荣。
3.(有根据的)要求；主张；资格；权利。
4.借口，托词；口实。
短语和例子
vt.
【建筑】预张，预拉，给…加预应力。 pretensioned concrete 预应力混凝土。
Examples
- It throws shit on all pretensions and fictions .
它轻视一切伪装和虚构。 - Friction increases with increasing pretension .
摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加。 - His action is a satire on his boastful pretension .
他的行动是对他自我吹嘘（卖弄）的一个讽刺。 - 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。 - His pretensions to judge upon such matters filled her with scorn .
他对这类事物装模作样的评判使她反感。