1N-VAR 自命不凡;虚荣;矫饰 If you say that someone has pretensions, you disapprove of them because they claim or pretend that they are more important than they really are. 自命不凡;虚荣;矫饰 [disapproval]
Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world. [+ of]
她的天真烂漫很快就暴露了艺术界的矫揉造作。
We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.