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In this sense, a pretender is someone who says “I should be the king” or “I should be the leader,” when many people do not accept that claim. History books are full of pretenders to the throne: rivals who put themselves forward as the ruler.
In this sense在這個意思裡 a pretender is指的是 someone who says那種說 “I should be the king” or “I should be the leader,”「我應該當王」或「我應該當領袖」的人 when而 many people do not accept that claim很多人不接受這個主張。History books are full of歷史書裡充滿了 pretenders to the throne王位的pretenders，rivals who put themselves forward as the rightful ruler那些自稱是合法統治者、挺身而出爭奪王位的對手。
The word is serious and a little old in this use. It is not simply “a person who pretends” in the playground sense, and it is not a shy actor.
in this use在這個用法裡 the word is這個字 serious and a little old帶著嚴肅、有點老派的味道。It is not simply它不只是 “a person who pretends” in the playground sense在操場意義上的「a person who pretends」假裝的人，and it is not a shy actor也不是指害羞的演員。
Though actually, everyday English sometimes stretches pretender to mean anyone putting on an act — but the filed meaning here is the throne-and-power one, and that is how you will meet it in history and .
Though actually不過，everyday English sometimes stretches pretender日常英文有時候會把pretender延伸 to mean anyone putting on an act用來指任何裝模作樣、演戲的人——but the filed meaning here is the throne-and-power one但這裡收錄的意思是王位與權力那一個，and that is how you will meet it in history and politics你在歷史和政治裡遇到的就是這個意思。
The person is named from the verb pretend plus -er: a person who makes the claim.
The person is named這個字是命名 from the verb pretend plus -er從動詞pretend加上-er而來，a person who makes the claim意思是提出這個主張的人。
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pretendernoun詞源 1/pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/
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obsoleterareOne who intends or purposes.
- Pretensor, a pretender, he that purposeth.
- Pretendente, a pretendent, a pretender, an intender, a meaner.
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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.
- By how straight a Rule […] must that Pretender carry himselfe, who is to saile thorow the sea of this world, hoping for a fortune from another mans hand?
- […]; to consider the direct purposes of God against his enemies, rather than the sinister supplantations of pretenders to places in court; […]
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obsoleteOne who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
- He, of the two pretenders, that best loves me.
- An Earles daughter, […] whose mother not allowing him to come as a pretender shee made apointmentt with him and mett him att her cousin’s howse.
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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.
- If inteſtine Broils allarm the Hive, / (For two Pretenders oft for Empire ſtrive)
- I Think it necessary to acquaint you, that I have received Advices this Morning from Ostend, that the French Fleet sailed from Dunkirk, Tuesday at three in the Morning, Northward, with the Pretender on board; as also, that Sir George Byng had notice of it the same Day at ten: And he being very much superior to the Enemy both in Number and Strength, I make no question, but, by God’s Blessing, he will soon be able to give a good Account of them.
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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, […]
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A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
pretenderverb詞源 2
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To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance.
- The LPM coordinates closely with the EPM and the case attorney throughout the pretendering period. The Licensing Assistant (LA) in the assigned project branch requests that a project number be assigned by the Records Facilities[…]
- Long-term delivery items were pretendered and purchased by the Government of the Northwest Territories in early 1975. Pretendered items included the polyethylene pipe and Victaulic couplings, a portable gasoline engine driven pump[…]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。