他穿着设计师服装开着豪车,处处显露出对身份的刻意标榜。

His designer clothes and luxury car reveal his pretensions to high social status.

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His designer clothes and luxury car reveal his pretensions to high social status.

pretensions 是名词 pretension 的复数形式。pretension 由前缀 pre-(表示"预先")和词根 tend(延伸、伸展)组成,字面意思是"提前伸张",引申为"自命不凡、标榜"的意思。在这里指"刻意显示或追求某种社会地位的姿态"。

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