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，那是万万办不到的。”

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摆脱自负。

Okay, who thinks the food is delicious and a little pretension never hurt anyone?

好的，有谁觉得食物是很美味的 而一点点做作是没关系的？

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。

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。

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。

" True, " he said, " but their pretensions were higher" .

“是的，”他说，“但他们的要求更高”。

They say she has pretensions of a literary nature.

他们说她有文学天分。

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，这决没有冒充风雅，故意作弄一位有面子的绅士。

He could not forgive these artists for the combination of their depraved life and their moral pretensions.

他不能原谅这些艺术家堕落的生活和他们的道德自负。

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。

An adjustment of pretensions was the last resort.

调整自负是最后的手段。

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。”

At eighteen Joan's pretensions were beyond those of the proudest Pope or the haughtiest emperor.

十八岁时，琼的自命不凡超越了最骄傲的教皇或最傲慢的皇帝。

Celia, whose mind had never been thought too powerful, saw the emptiness of other people's pretensions much more readily.

从来没有人认为头脑太强大的西莉亚， 更容易看出别人虚伪的虚伪。

" But, " said Ada, " The computer should never have any pretensions to originate anything."

“但是，”艾达说，“计算机永远不应该有任何自命不凡的想法来创造任何东西。”

On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions.

街对面有一家不起眼的餐馆。

" Ay—Cora! we are talking of your pretensions to Miss Munro, are we not, sir" ?

“啊——科拉！我们是在谈论你对芒罗小姐的虚伪， 不是吗，先生” ？

He grinned suddenly at the touch of pretension in his remark.

” 他突然咧嘴一笑， 因为他的话里有一丝矫揉造作的意味。