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词汇 pretentious
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pretentious

adjective
/prɪˈtenʃəs/
/prɪˈtenʃəs/
(disapproving)
  1. trying to appear important, intelligent, etc. in order to impress other people; trying to be something that you are not, in order to impress炫耀的;虚夸的;自命不凡的
    • That's a pretentious name for a dog!狗叫这个名字真够炫的!
    • It was just an ordinary house—nothing pretentious.那只是一座普通的房子,没有故作特别。
    • He's so pretentious!他太自命不凡了!
    compare unpretentious
    词源mid 19th cent.: from French prétentieux, from prétention from medieval Latin praetensio(n-), from praetens- ‘alleged’, from the verb praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
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