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

• You will be more alluring to a date when you remove your mask and be yourself without the pretense.
  你将变得更具吸引力的日期当您删除您的面具，是自己没有的幌子。
• 678. The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.
  678.愚蠢参议员的舆论借口引起了轰动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
  故意的炫耀或者夸大言行。
• He collected money under the pretense of patriotism.
  他假藉爱国募集金钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pretense of a useless shell.
  一片无用的贝壳的伪装。