pretense
英 [prɪˈtens]
美 [ˈpriːtens]
n. 借口；假装；伪称
复数：pretenses
COCA.11459
柯林斯词典
- → see:pretence
英英释义
noun
- the act of giving a false appearance
- his conformity was only pretending
- an artful or simulated semblance
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- a false or unsupportable quality
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
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。 - 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。 - 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。 - These adjectives mean genuine, honest, and devoid of hypocrisy or pretense.
这些形容词都是真实、诚实、不虚伪或不伪饰的意思。 - He made a pretense of asking for my advice.
他装模作样地向我请教。 - It seems likely that, sooner or later, Google will have to drop the pretense.
看起来，谷歌早晚会要卸下伪装。 - I make no pretense that I can predict how long it will take for the apple to fall.
我并不是说我能预测，苹果掉落的时间。 - Absence of pretense or artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
没有虚伪做作，充满无限的创造意图。 - It is merely a pretense.
这只是托词而已。 - A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
故意的炫耀或者夸大言行。