pretense

英 [prɪˈtens]

美 [ˈpriːtens]

n.  借口；假装；伪称

复数：pretenses　

TOEFL

COCA.11459

柯林斯词典

• → see:pretence

英英释义

noun

• the act of giving a false appearance
  1. his conformity was only pretending
  Synonym:pretencepretendingsimulationfeigning
• an artful or simulated semblance
  1. under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
  Synonym:guisepretencepretext
• a false or unsupportable quality
  Synonym:pretensionpretence
• imaginative intellectual play
  Synonym:pretencemake-believe
• pretending with intention to deceive
  Synonym:pretencefeigningdissembling

双语例句

• It is man's pretense that because he has choice he is free.
  人类总是自欺地认为，因为它有选择，所以它是自由的。
• Absence of pretense or artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
  没有虚伪做作，充满无限的创造意图。
• The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.
  编造藉口、捏造罪名虚构作品或捏造借口的行为。
• I pretense to know what I don't know.
  我假装知道我不知道的东西。
• Please note that there are also risks of dealing with foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretense.
  请注意也有可能与外国人、未成年人或者伪装之人进行交易的风险。
• Effectively, you stop all pretense of caring what happens.
  可以这么说吧，你完全不去装做关心所发生的事情。
• I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.
  我小心翼翼地跟你谈话，你用坦荡和真诚作答。
• But we're just living in the pretense of a marriage, responsibility.
  但现在我们只是假装维系着婚姻，责任。
• They immediately burned all their bridges behind them and abandoned any pretense of making a peace with Chiang Kai-shek.
  他们立即表明决不妥协，而且抛弃了与蒋介石言和的一切伪装。
• Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing.
  建立在虚假的基础上；虚假的赞美。