«PRETENSION»的英语 引用
单词
pretension的知名引用和例句
Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.
Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.
I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.
I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.
In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.
Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension.
Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.
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Less
Pretension, More Ambition: Development Policy in Times ...
Maar de twijfels nemen toe. Ook in de media worden steeds meer vraagtekens geplaatst bij de effecten van hulp. Met name de situatie in Afrika stelt velen teleur. Waarom geven we eigenlijk ontwikkelingshulp, en helpt die hulp?
Peter van Lieshout, Robert Went, Monique Kremer, 2010
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Divine Perogative and Royal
Pretension: Pragmatics, Poetics ...
In this close reading of a text central to the story of David, the author, using the tools of linguistic pragmatics and poetics, exposes the text's promotion of a prophetic-based ideology, through a polemical rhetoric that polarizes David ...
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Intellectuals and African Development:
Pretension and ...
Drawn from a CODESRIA conference on 'Intellectuals and Nationalism', this book looks at different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi, and Achebe, the military men in power and the students who ...
Björn Beckman, Gbemisola Adeoti, 2006
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The J.
Pretension catalog: owner's manual H2SO4 : a very ...
A hilarious illustrated parody of the mail-order catalog that everyone -- from Doonesbury to Seinfeld -- is talking about.
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Ethiopia since the Derg: a decade of democratic
pretension ...
This is the first overall assessment of the democratic pretensions and performance of the post-DERG regime in Ethiopia.
Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll, Lovise Aalen, 2002
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Constructional Steel Design: World developments
FIELD STUDIES OF BOLT PRETENSION GEOFFREY L. KULAK Department of
Civil Engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2G7 PETER C.
BIRKEMOE Department of Civil Engineering University of Toronto, Toronto, ...
P.J. Dowling, Professor J E Harding, R. Bjorhovde, 2005
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Computational Mechanics for Heritage Structures
Table 5.3.1 Shows the values of the objective function and its limits relative to the
initial state a) without and b) with initial application of pretension. In Table 5.3.1
the values of the objective function and its terms are given at the three stages of ...
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order
PRETENSION, v. Prelence. PRETENSION, CLAIM. PRETENSION (v. Prctence)
and CLAIM (v. To askjbr) both signify an assertion of rights, but they diEer in the
nature of the rights. The first refers only to the rights which are calculated as such
...
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Rock Mechanics: Achievements and Ambitions
Study. and. practice. of. railway. support. in. broken. and. dilatant. roof. with. high.
pretension. and. short. cable. bolting. L.X. Yan Mining and Design Branch, China
Coal Research Institute, Beijing, China B. Li School of Civil and Environmental ...
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Great Truths by great Authors
pretension*. —. Plutarch. TT is no Disgrace not to be able to do every thing ; but
to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only Shameful,
but extremely Troublesome and Vexatious.
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Why the Bloomsbury Group weren't all about bedhopping and …
Why the Bloomsbury Group weren't all about bedhopping and pretension. As Life in Squares comes to BBC1, Virginia Woolf's great-niece ... «Radio Times, 七月 15»
Richard Branson: What Surprised Me Upon Meeting The Man …
... Marianne Williamson to WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg – spoke from the heart, without pretension and with a genuine desire to help. «Forbes, 七月 15»
Amanda Renteria brings Latino campaign lessons to Clinton camp
Renteria talks without the pretension common in the inner circle of presidential campaigns. She can carry on a conversation with the apolitical. «Fresno Bee, 七月 15»
New Found Glory guitarist's side project What's Eating Gilbert …
... to the closing “Wearing Your Ring,” which actually does recall an early 1960s teen ballad in its earnestness and lack of pretension. «The Daily Breeze, 七月 15»
Loathsome Characters, Not Ad Biz Subject Matter, Doomed 'Happyish'
Moreover, hanging the name Thom Payne on him was an example of this show's irritating intellectual pretension. Whether many viewers of ... «MediaPost Communications, 七月 15»
No. 3: Union 50
Just don't mistake the adventurous drink menu for pretension. At Union 50, which opened last summer, T-shirted bartenders serve up cans of ... «Indianapolis Monthly, 七月 15»
2015 Nissan Micra: Price beating sub – compact does not skimp on …
... responsive engine and a complete lack of pretension. The Nissan Micra is hard to beat on both price and quality. Highly recommended. «Voiceonline.com, 七月 15»
The Comparable Max
... in the cult of the little, the diminutive, and the unambitious, a dread of pretension raised to an aesthetic principle. Beerbohm is as English a ... «The New Yorker, 七月 15»
Haven: Living the high life in the city
It's a finely tuned aesthetic that's elegant without an ounce of pretension. Against neutral dove-gray walls with a hint of pale blue in the ... «Philly.com, 七月 15»
In 'Barbarian Days,' studying the world, one wave at a time
“But pretension and flab came up fluorescent in this merciless scan, and certain writers suddenly seemed like hothouse poseurs. They became ... «Bend Bulletin, 七月 15»
