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

好的，有谁觉得食物是很美味的 而一点点做作是没关系的？

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，那是万万办不到的。”

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。

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

换言之，如果我们有很高的期望，很高的抱负，我们就有更大的可能伤害自己的自尊。

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”，这个称号真是自命不凡。

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。

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

“是的，”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。