English Dictionary

pretension

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. / Pretentiousness.

日本語の意味

特定の地位や品質への主張・願望 / 気取った態度、虚栄心

Her pretension to expertise in the field quickly fell apart when she couldn't answer basic questions.

彼女が基本的な質問に答えられなかったとき、その分野での専門家であるという見せかけはすぐに崩れた。

意味（1）

A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.

As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.

意味（2）

Pretentiousness.

pretensions （ plural ）