n.[C][U]

1. 借口，托词
2. 要求；权利[P1][（+to）]
   have no pretensions to the title

   配不上这个称号

3. 自称，自命[P1][（+to/of）]
   I make no pretensions to expert Knowledge of financial matters.

   我不自诩有金融方面的专门知识。

4. 假装，做作；虚荣

n.

1. (pretension to) a claim or aspiration to something.
2. pretentiousness.