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要求,权利要求;权利
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his pretensions to the imperial inheritance 他对继承帝国的要求
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all that we cannot tolerate is pretension to infallibility .我们最不能容忍的是自命永不犯错。
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抱负,雄心,愿望
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another ageing rocker with literary pretensions .又一个有文学野心的过气摇滚歌手。
[mass noun]the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness
矫饰,造作;虚荣
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he spoke simply, without pretension .他话语平实,不矫揉造作。
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pretensionn.要求;权利要求;权利;矫饰;造作;虚荣;抱负;雄心;愿望
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retentionn.保留;保持;潴留;记忆;停滞;吸收和保持
"late Middle English: from medieval Latin