pretension
[prɪ'tent.ʃən] noun
countable usually plural
■a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value 自命，标榜；意图；抱负•The Chronicle has pretensions to being a serious newspaper.《记事报》想办成一份严肃的报纸。 •United's championship pretensions took a dent when they were beaten 5-1.曼联队以1比5败北后，夺冠意志受挫。 uncountable (also pretentiousness)
■when a person tries to appear or sound more important or clever than they are 做作，夸耀 |