Word · Frequency #11562
pretension
主张；声称
核心释义
A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
- 1.
对特定地位或品质的主张或渴望
A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
- 2.
虚假或不可靠的品质
a false or unsupportable quality
- 3.
自命不凡,做作
Pretentiousness.
- 4.
声称；主张
the advancing of a claim
- 5.
自命不凡；装腔作势
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
自命不凡；装腔作势；虚假品质；不实之处；对特定地位或品质的主张或渴望；虚假或不可靠的品质；自命不凡,做作
用法In use
His pretension to being an expert fooled no one.
用法提示：pretension 在这里是名词，表示‘自命不凡的主张或姿态’，后接介词‘to’引出声称的内容。
The artist's work is free from pretension and full of genuine emotion.
用法提示：pretension 用作不可数名词，表示‘装腔作势’或‘虚假的品质’，常与‘free from’搭配。
She has intellectual pretensions that often annoy her colleagues.
用法提示：pretensions 是复数形式，表示‘做作的表现或主张’，后接‘that’从句说明具体表现。
his pretension to the crown
the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort
have pretensions to sth
多含贬义，指自以为拥有或渴望达到某种地位或品质。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- pretensions to greatness
- 自命不凡；妄图伟大
- He has pretensions to greatness, though his work is mediocre.他自命不凡，尽管作品平庸。
- without pretension
- 不装腔作势；朴实无华
- She speaks simply and without pretension.她说话简单，毫不装腔作势。
- cultural pretensions
- 附庸风雅；文化上的炫耀
- The magazine is full of cultural pretensions.这本杂志满是附庸风雅。
- social pretensions
- 社会地位上的虚荣心；攀附上流
- They moved to a richer neighborhood to satisfy their social pretensions.他们搬到富人区以满足其社会地位上的虚荣心。
- empty pretensions
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
pretend（假装）+ tension（紧张）→ 记住：pretension 就是装腔作势、自命不凡。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、文学评论、正式演讲 pretension 表示“声称/主张”时通常用于正式语境，多出现在学术写作或文学评论中；日常口语里更常用 claim 或 pretentiousness，单独使用 pretension 较少。
语法说明Grammar Note
Often used in plural form 'pretensions' or with a dependent preposition.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with pretension /priˈtɛnʃən/: the stressed vowel /ɛ/ is followed by /nʃən/. Be careful with -ssion lookalikes such as possession /pəˈzɛʃən/ and expression /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/, which lack the /n/ and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.