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pretender

C1 noun

pretender /pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/ nghĩa là người tự nhận, kẻ mạo nhận

Các nghĩa

  1. người tự nhận, kẻ mạo nhận

    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

    Every one is a pretender and a runner; but few carry the prize.

    The issue of the eldest son excludes all other pretenders, as the son himself (if living) would have done.

    A candidate for a school at Brewood in Staffordshire; to which, I think, there are seventeen pretenders.

  2. kẻ tranh ngôi, kẻ tiếm quyền

    A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.

    If inteſtine Broils allarm the Hive, / (For two Pretenders oft for Empire ſtrive)

    The pretender […] had friends in the tory government more sincere probably and zealous than [the earl of] Oxford.

    Wullenweber […] turned to the nearest protestant pretender, Duke Christian, and offered him his assistance to obtain the crown.

  3. kẻ giả vờ, kẻ lừa dối

    One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.

    A pretender / To the art, I truely honor, and ſubſcribe / To your maieſties opinion.

    Make it a feast, and perfit your great injustice / In the surrendringe up this false pretender / To the correction of the law, […]

    […]But, I answer; that it is not so easy an Acquirement as a few ignorant Pretenders may imagine.

  4. kẻ đạo đức giả

    A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

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