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，那万万办不到的。”

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

好的，有谁觉得食物味的 而一点点做作没关系的？

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。

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”，这个称号真自命不凡。

In other words, if we have high expectations, high pretensions, we are much more likely to hurt our self-esteem.

换言之，如果我们有高的期望，高的抱负，我们有更大的可能伤害自己的自尊。

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。

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。

An adjustment of pretensions was the last resort.

调整自负最后的手。

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

“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。

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。

Many associate Michelin with hefty prices, minuscule portions and pretension.

多人认为米其林的价格昂贵，份量极小，而且装腔作势。

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。

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。

I leave pretension like that, Sir, to you!

先生，我把这样的借口留给你！

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，危险同样大。

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。

The upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune.

一个没有家庭、人脉或财富的年轻女性的暴发户自命不凡。

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。

You, on the other hand, are merely an animal with pretensions to humanity.

另一方面，你只一只自以为人性的动物。