pretension
🇺🇸
/prɪˈtenʃn/
🇬🇧
/prɪˈtenʃn/
noun
R
Trying to show off by acting more important or smarter than you really are.
He didn't like her because of her pretension to be an expert in everything.
她自命不凡，自稱是萬事通，所以他不喜歡她。
R
A claim that you can do something or be something, even if it's not true.
The author made no pretension of being an expert on the subject.
作者沒有声称自己是該主題的專家。
translation
自命不凡, 自詡
詞形變化
Plural
pretensions