pretense

英[prɪ'tens] 美['priːtens]
  • n. 借口；虚假；伪装；自吹；炫耀
  • =pretence.
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. the act of giving a false appearance;

    "his conformity was only pretending"

  2. pretending with intention to deceive

  3. imaginative intellectual play

  4. a false or unsupportable quality

  5. an artful or simulated semblance;

    "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

双语例句

1. It is merely a pretense.
这只是托词而已.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. You can't keep up the pretense any longer.
你无法继续伪装下去了.

来自辞典例句

3. He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] .
他假装有 情.

来自辞典例句

4. A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made no pretense of academic subtlety.
穆勒是个机警的官场角逐者, 但他并不装作高深莫测.

来自辞典例句

5. A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made as pretense of academic subtlety.
穆勒是一个机警的官场角逐者, 但他并不装作高深莫测.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. It is merely a pretense.
      这只是托词而已。
    2. You answered me with no pretense.
      你坦诚相见的回答了我。
    3. Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.
      弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。
    4. He cheated me under the pretense of friendship.
      他假借友谊欺骗我。
    5. The pretense of greatness will be the proof of it, and powerful men with many severe faults will rule over all the classes on earth.
      自称为伟大的会是拥有很多错误的有权势的人，他们支配着地上的所有阶级。

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pretension pretend pretense context pretense experience
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