pretension

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. Pretentiousness. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
  2. To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.

词形变化

pretensions plural prætension alternative,obsolete pretensions present,singular,third-person pretensioning participle,present pretensioned participle,past pretensioned past

词汇关系

衍生词
pretensional pretensionless
相关词
pretense pretentious

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-der.
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin tēnsiōder.
Middle French tensionbor.
English tension
English pretension
From pre- + tension.
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