Wordiyopretension
🇬🇧 UK/pri'tenʃәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
A claim or aspiration to a quality or status, often undeserved; pretentiousness.
自命不凡，主张，要求
v.
To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured.
预张拉（钢筋）
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.have pretensions to自命为……
- 2.intellectual pretension自命有学识
- 3.without pretension毫无做作
- 4.[social pretension]社会地位上的虚荣心
Example Sentences
- 1.
The small café has no pretensions to fine dining, but the food is delicious.
- 2.
His pretensions to literary genius were not taken seriously by critics.
- 3.
She spoke with an intellectual pretension that made her difficult to talk to.