I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

“先生，我向你保证，这决没有冒，故意作弄一位有面子的绅士。

In other words, if we have high expectations, high pretensions, we are much more likely to hurt our self-esteem.

换言之，如果我们有很高的期望，很高的抱负，我们就有更大的可能伤害自己的自尊。

He let slip that he wanted to be the “vicar” of foreign policy, a word with pope-size pretensions.

他无意中说想当外交政策的“主教”，这个称号真是自命不凡。

He says, " I dispute the pretensions of any theory which sets up an imaginary standard of justice not grounded on utility."

“我反对任何理论不以效用为基础，虚构公正标准。”

It can be the thought of death that eventually loosens us from our pretensions.

死亡的想法最终会让我们脱自负。

WeWork, an office-rental firm with tech pretensions, used to host raucous summer retreats around the world; employees were encouraged to dance the night away to electronic music.

WeWork是一家以技术为幌子的公室租赁公司，它过去曾在世界各地举喧闹的夏季休闲团建活动，鼓励员工们随着电子音乐彻夜跳舞。

The upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune. Is this to be endured! But it must not, shall not be.

你这样一个小妮子，无论家世、亲戚、财产，都谈不上，难道光凭着你的痴心妄想，就可以把他们拆散吗？这象什么话！这真是太岂有此理！

He's a hack! they cry indignantly. A hack with pretensions! The worst kind! The kind who thinks he can pass for one of us!

他是个雇佣文人！还矫揉造作！最差劲的就是这种！居然还想混进文学圈冒我们中的一员！

The author hoped people would see the hypocrisy, pretension and greed that Moliere skewered, and work to rid themselves of those same qualities.

作者希望人们能看到莫里哀的戏剧里所讽刺的虚伪、自负和贪婪 并能脱这些劣质。

A world that doesn't care about appearances or pretensions, a world in which we can be our truest selves again.

一个不在乎外表和虚荣的世界，一个我们可以再次做最真实的自己的世界。

All three BAT firms are backers of Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing firm with global pretensions of its own.

BAT都投资了本身也有意打入国际市场的网约车公司滴滴出行。

Careful reading or not, Frank didn't publish any stories in those markets while attending college, although he did publish half a dozen or so in the campus literary magazine (we'll call it The Quarterly Pretension) .

虽然弗兰克读得很用心，但大学期间他始终没能在这些杂志上发表过任何作品，不过在校内的文学刊物（假设名为《自命不凡季刊》）七，他却成功发表了六七篇小说。

No said Darcy, I have made no such pretension. I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for.

“不，”达西说，“我并没有说过这种装场面的话。我有够多的毛病，不过这些毛病与头脑并没有关系。

You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

多亏你使我明白过来，我既然认定一位小姐值得我去博她欢心，我又一味对她自命不凡，那是万万不到的。”

They say she has pretensions of a literary nature.

他们说她有文学天分。

His character contained no pretension, but it sank deep.

他的性格并不虚伪，但却深深地沉沦。

Many associate Michelin with hefty prices, minuscule portions and pretension.

很多人认为米其林的价格昂贵，份量极小，而且装腔作势。

But this philosophical wisdom, maybe that's just pretension and vanity.

但这种哲学智慧，或许不过是矫饰与虚荣罢了。

Should he oppose any of their pretensions or usurpations, the danger is equally great.

如果他反对他们的任何要求或篡夺，危险同样很大。

My father, who was a businessman with no literary pretensions, wrote both a family history and a history of the family shellac business, which stayed on the same block in the middle of Manhattan for more than a hundred years.

我的父亲是一位没有任何文学抱负的商人，他撰写了一本家族史和一本关于家族虫胶生意的历史，这家生意在曼哈顿中心的一个街区里经营了超过一百年。