pretence

英[prɪ'tens] 美['priːtens]
  • n. 假装；自命；无事实根据的要求
  • =pretense（美）.
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 自称
    2. 假装
    3. 自命
    4. 自吹
    5. 借口
    6. 虚伪
    7. 要求
    8. 假象
    9. 伪装
    10. 虚伪的表现
    11. 妄称
    12. 标榜
    13. 口实
    14. 托辞
    15. 假托
    16. 假做作
    17. 虚饰
    18. 虚装门面
    19. 虚假的理由
    20. 作假
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    1. =pretense（英）

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a false or unsupportable quality

  2. an artful or simulated semblance;

    "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

  3. pretending with intention to deceive

  4. imaginative intellectual play

  5. the act of giving a false appearance;

    "his conformity was only pretending"

双语例句

1. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.
她假装点蜡烛，避开他消失了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.
这个剧作家与世隔绝，生活在一个虚幻的世界里。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
政府不再装模作样地进行改革。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Their friendliness was only pretence.
他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。

来自《权威词典》

5. The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.
那学说号称最具有科学基础.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He made a pretence of ignorance.
      他假装不知道。
    2. The boy didn't take the exam under the pretence of sickness.
      那个男孩借口生病没有参加考试。
    3. She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
      她无法继续假装爱他了。
    4. I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.
      我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
    5. Don't listen to his pretences; he is lying.
      别听他的种种借口,他在撒谎。

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pretend presuppose pretence of ignorance pretence understanding ability
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