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

• He proposes that this change apply only to marriages enacted after a new law takes effect, presumably because a retroactive change could lead to a queue of pretenders outside Buckingham Palace.
  他建议此项改革仅仅适用于新法律生效之后的婚姻，大概由于追溯起来会有一群冒充者排着队等在白金汉宫外。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And while it is not over yet, or even close to it, United asserted themselves when it mattered last night to cast their red shadow over all the pretenders to the throne.
  不允许被超越，甚至被接近，在关键比赛诸如昨晚那场中，曼联用自己的红色阴影笼罩着偷窥者窥视的宝座。
• 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。
• 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。
• At some stage, such young pretenders may start to erode the brand equity of the company that inspired them, but for now Septwolves appears safe.
  到了一定阶段，这些年轻的仿冒者可能会侵蚀正牌公司的品牌价值，但就目前而言，七匹狼看起来是安全的。
• 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