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English translation for "pretension"

[ pri:'tenʃən ] 
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。
Example Sentences:
1.It throws shit on all pretensions and fictions .
它轻视一切伪装和虚构。
2.Friction increases with increasing pretension .
摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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。
6.We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions .
我们把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收敛。
7.On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions .
对街有一家不怎么堂煌的饭馆。
8.It is the most impudent piece of pretension i ever heard of in my life .
这是我一生中从没听说过的最厚颜无耻的一项要求了。
9.Three of eurytuss sons supported their father in his dishonest pretensions .
欧律托斯的三个儿子都支持父亲的不诚实的借口。
10.Quite early in its career buddhism came into conflict with the growing pretensions of the brahmins .
佛教创立之初,很快就同婆罗门日益增长的矫饰自负发生了冲突。
Similar Words:
"pretending to be what one is not" English translation, "pretending to care" English translation, "pretending to feel the same" English translation, "pretense" English translation, "pretensepretencee" English translation, "pretension anchor" English translation, "pretension spring" English translation, "pretensioned" English translation, "pretensioned bolt" English translation, "pretensioned concrete" English translation