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

• 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。
• Because of this, their fantasies can confidently be brought to life through fiction without any pretense or unnecessary apologies.
  所以，他们的幻想可以理直气壮地以虚拟的姿态现身，不需要任何借口或累赘的解释。
• He made no pretense of caring about our predicament.
  他并没有假装关心我们的困境。
• He made a pretense of asking for my advice.
  他装模作样地向我请教。
• 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。
• I pretense to know what I don't know.
  我假装知道我不知道的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pretense of a useless shell.
  一片无用的贝壳的伪装。