pretender

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n. 冒牌者, 妄想者, 觊觎王位者 [法] 佯装者, 冒充者, 妄求者

发音

其它 /pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/

词形变化

pretenders 复数 pretenders pretendered pretendering pretenders 三单 pretendering 现在分词 pretendered 过去式 pretendered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

冒牌者；妄求者；妄提要求者

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who intends or purposes.

    废旧 罕用
  2. 2.

    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

    One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

    A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.

  4. 4.

    One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.

  5. 5.

    A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

  6. 6.

    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

v.
  1. 1.

    To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

fake fraud phony hypocrite sham impostor phoney imposter faker pseudo

上位词 7

cheat cheater trickster deceiver slicker claimant beguiler

下位词 10

smoothie ringer charmer namedropper smoothy sweet-talker tartufe tartuffe whited sepulcher whited sepulchre

相关短语

public pretender

词源

From pretend + -er.

来源：wiktionary