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

• 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。
• Bravadoa pretense of courage; a false show of bravery.
  故作勇敢；假装表现出勇敢。
• 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。
• Absence of pretense or artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
  没有虚伪做作，充满无限的创造意图。
• Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing.
  建立在虚假的基础上；虚假的赞美。
• I was compelled to make a pretense of worshiping her God, which was her exaction for my keep.
  我就得被迫装着崇拜她的上帝，这是她为哺育我对我提出的要求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。