pretenders

英 [prɪˈtɛndəz]

美 [priˈtɛndərz]

n.  (头衔的)觊觎者，冒充者
pretender的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （职位的）觊觎者，冒充者
  Apretender toa position is someone who claims the right to that position, and whose claim is disputed by others.
  1. ...the Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne.
     巴黎伯爵，觊觎法国王位之人

双语例句

• For sheer wacky mass pop entertainment, Madonna proved herself more than equal to the challenge of all her young pretenders.
  对于怪诞十足的大众流行娱乐来说，麦当娜向世人证明了自己仍然能够给后起之秀们造成足够的威胁。
• In a country that sees itself as a guardian of high culture, all pretenders to the presidency in2012 are expected to pick up their pens, publish or perish.
  在自认为是高雅文化的维护者的法国，所有“觊觎”2012年总统之位的人都将拿起手中的笔，要么出书要么出局。
• I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders.
  诗26：4我没有和虚谎人同坐.不与瞒哄人的同群。
• Kublai Khan spent most of his reign expanding his domain and vanquishing pretenders to his throne& in the process, historians say, he laid the foundations of the modern Chinese state.
  忽必烈统治期间多数时间在开疆扩土，征服臣民&在这个过程中，历史学者们说，他打下了当代中国的基础。
• From Familial Interest to National Politics: An Exploration of the Core of the Ethical Conflict in The Pretenders
  从家族利益到国家政治&《觊觎王位的人》伦理冲突的核心
• For all the talk in recent years about America's inevitable decline, all eyes are not now on Tokyo, Beijing, Brussels or Moscow-nor on any other pretenders to the world heavyweight crown.
  尽管近年来人们谈论美国不可避免衰退，但所有的目光没有落在东京、北京、布鲁塞尔或莫斯科，也没有落在其他觊觎世界重量级冠军宝座的角逐者身上。
• They vie with one another, but, as a group, they compete with all the pretenders to their positions.
  它们虽然彼此竞争，但作为一个整体，它们正与觊觎它们地位的所有其它城市展开竞争。
• The are pretenders among us.
  我们中间有一些伪装者。
• But now the salt and pepper elite are facing competition from young pretenders who are paying to turn grey.
  但是现在，老一代精英正面临着来自年轻效仿者的竞争，他们自掏腰包把头发染成灰色。
• Which raises the possibility of a world full of pretenders: people who behave grown up every day at work, but deep down do not feel it.
  这就带来了一种可能，这是个充满伪装者的世界吗？每天在工作中表现得像成年人一样，内心深处却并未这么觉得。