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

• If thy pass for Christians they are guilty of obtaining respect under false pretense.
  如果他们作为基督徒而亡，他们就是空背了基督徒的名声犯了虚妄罪。
• 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。
• 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 satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.
  讽刺文学对人类的各种虚伪行为进行了精妙的嘲弄。
• Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.
  带着宗教或政治面具的偏见和轻蔑也都是一丘之貉。
• Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing.
  建立在虚假的基础上；虚假的赞美。
• He made no pretense of caring about our predicament.
  他并没有假装关心我们的困境。
• Bravadoa pretense of courage; a false show of bravery.
  故作勇敢；假装表现出勇敢。
• Can we convince God to somehow "Christianize" these customs and the whole pretense and lie of Christmas, so we can enjoy ourselves?
  我们能否说服上帝把圣诞节中这些习俗、所有借口和谎言“基督教义化”呢？所以我们可以享受这个节日吗？
• But I made myself smile so I could GREet my little daughter with a Pretense of happiness.
  但我擦擦眼泪，强挤出笑容，要让自己在女儿面前露出喜悦之情。