pretensions n. 借口;自负;虚荣做作(pretension的复数形式)
- Hitherto, the rulers of emerging countries disliked the west's pretensions, but respected its competence.
迄今为止,新兴市场国家的统治者虽然不喜欢西方世界的装腔作势,却尊重其能力。 - The expert witness testimony presented in the Kitzmiller trial was devastating for intelligent design's scientific pretensions.
专家证人在基斯米勒一案中的证词,对智慧设计的科学伪装有致命打击。 - Such events have fed the view that the government's ethical pretensions have never amounted to much and were naive to begin with.
这些事件催生了这样的观点:英国政府对道德的主张从来都是不重要的,而且从一开始那就是一个幼稚的主张。