pretension

noun

1. 虚饰；虚夸
   the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other people
   1. intellectual pretensions
      装作有知识
   2. The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.
      这出戏讽刺了新中产阶级的装模作样。
   3. He spoke without pretension.
      他有话直说，不装相。
2. 自命；声称；标榜
   a claim to be or to do sth
   1. a building with no pretensions to architectural merit
      没有刻意表现建筑特色的楼房
   2. The movie makes no pretension to reproduce life.
      这部电影并未标榜重现了真实生活。

1. N-VAR 自命不凡；虚荣；矫饰
   If you say that someone has pretensions, you disapprove of them because they claim or pretend that they are more important than they really are.
   1. Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world...
      她的天真烂漫很快就暴露了艺术界的矫揉造作。
   2. We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.
      我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
2. N-UNCOUNT 声称；标榜；自称
   If someone has pretensions to something, they claim to be or do that thing.
   1. The city has unrealistic pretensions to world-class status...
      这个城市不切实际地标榜自己为国际都市。
   2. It will remain as a pressure group, but no longer has any pretension to be a political party.
      它仍然是一个压力集团，但不再自称是一个政党。

1. Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world
   她的天真烂漫很快就暴露了艺术界的矫揉造作。
2. We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.
   我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
3. The city has unrealistic pretensions to world-class status
   这个城市不切实际地标榜自己为国际都市。
4. It will remain as a pressure group, but no longer has any pretension to be a political party.
   它仍然是一个压力集团，但不再自称是一个政党。
5. He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension.
   他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。
6. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.
   他从来不附庸风雅。
7. No& said Darcy, I have made no such pretension.
   不，达西说，我并没有说过这种装场面的话。
8. And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions.
   即使把这种冒认放在我的最严肃的信念这一边，我也仍要不折不扣地非难它和斥责它。
9. This type of installation changes the retensile stress brought by pretension in the state of the cold installation and the negative factors of the elevation changes after welding.
   这种安装方式改变了冷态安装预拉伸产生的应力和焊接后标高变化的不利因素。
10. Effect of pretension on dynamic stiffness of high-speed angular contact ball bearing
    预紧对高速角接触球轴承动态刚度的影响
11. Force Balance Characteristics and Pretension Design of Asymmetric Cable Net Parabolic Antenna
    非对称索网抛物面天线力平衡特性及预拉力设计
12. The drive-belt pretension cannot be adjusted.
    传动带张紧度不能进行调整。
13. Friction increases with increasing pretension.
    摩擦力随预加张力的增加而增加。
14. Based on the basic concept of the un-deformed pretension of cable, the optimization model of finished state with multi-objective and multi-constraint is used.
    基于不变形预张力的基本概念，建立了斜拉桥成桥状态的多目标、多约束的优化模型，并通过有限元程序求解成桥索力。
15. And after two years, we will experience the exciting moment which more than before, and will own more pride and pretension!
    而再过两年，我们将再一次体会比那更令人兴奋的时刻，我们将拥有更大的自豪与骄傲！
16. Be humble, be harmless, gave no pretension, be upright, forbearing, serve you teacher in true obedience.
    要谦虚，无恶意，不虚伪，要正直，宽容，对你的老师要真正的服从。
17. His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.
    他的行动是对他自我吹嘘的一个讽刺。
18. The precision straight guide rail has pretension, good rigidity and high accuracy.
    日本进口精密直线矩形导轨，有预紧，钢性好，精度高；
19. Analysis of the Deformation of Assembled Frames and the Pretension of Tension Bolts
    组合机架的刚度分析和拉杆预紧力研究
20. The world is his, who can see through its pretension.
    这世界是他的，他看穿了它的假面。
21. The pretension of bolts directly affects the deformation form of the deformation of bulging, and the sealing condition between the exchanger thermal sheet spaces.
    而螺栓的预紧力直接影响这种鼓胀变形的形式和板片间的密封状态。
22. Iterative Method of Structural Analysis about Removal of Cable in Cable-stayed Structures with Pretension
    预张力斜拉结构拉索卸除后结构分析的迭代法
23. A deep antipathy to social pretension.
    对社会虚荣做作的深深反感。
24. Study on the Theories and Applications of the "Ejection Method" Measuring the Membrane Structure's Pretension
    弹射法测量膜结构预张力的理论及应用研究
25. Since the1990s, the adaptive response of television media to the Internet context has changed from pretension to combination.
    电视媒体对网络语境的适应经历了从俯视到迎合的过程。
26. The bi-prestressed concrete is a compound prestressed concrete, we could make whose compressive area bear pretension and tensile area bear compressive stress.
    双预应力混凝土结构是在混凝土构件的受压区施加预拉应力，受拉区施加预压应力的复合预应力混凝土结构。
27. Implicit analysis has been conducted in ANSYS for application of pretension loading, and explicit dynamic analysis of the pre-tighten status has been achieved in LS-DYNA.
    在ANSYS中进行隐式分析，利用拉杆预压缩方法施加机身预紧载荷；在LS-DYNA中进行预紧状态下显式动力学分析。
28. I can also be pretension and flash it away to others. haha!
    我也可以好好骄傲与炫耀一下啊！
29. I make no pretension to skill as an artist, but I enjoy painting.
    我并不自命有画家的技巧，但我喜欢绘画。
30. The high pretension and intensive bolts and cables can form a compressive reinforcing zone with arch shape.
    高预应力、强力锚杆与锚索能在围岩内形成拱形的压应力加固区域。

noun

1. a false or unsupportable quality

   Synonym:    pretensepretence

2. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

   Synonym:    pretentiousnesslargeness

3. the advancing of a claim
   1. his pretension to the crown
   2. the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort