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pretence是什么意思？

pretence

英[prɪˈtens] 美[ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]

n. 假装，作假，借口，口实，虚伪，虚饰；

复数：pretences;

相关单词 Pretence may become reality.pretences

例句

He didn’t like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest. 他不喜欢这道菜, 但因为他是客人, 所以假装吃了一些。
If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。 出自：英语谚语
Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad. 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
The family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally . With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while , making a pretence of affluence. 一家人全靠他在外面讹个钱,诈个财, 吃点好的,穿点好的, 装门面.
His religion was a mere pretence. 他信教纯属假充样子.
The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation. 那学说号称最具有科学基础.
Their friendliness was only pretence. 他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。
We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better... 我们只得一直假装情形在好转。
Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad... 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other. 奥尔特曼戳穿了电影产业的虚伪面具以及普遍存在的一些错误认识，揭露了其作为一个产业，跟其他任何一个产业都一样。

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同义词

pretence的同义词之：
deceit outside air

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N-VAR

假装；做作；矫饰

A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true.
例句
Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad... 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。 We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better... 我们只得一直假装情形在好转。
PHRASE

以虚假的借口；以欺骗的手段

If you do something under false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions.
例句
I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences... 我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。 Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences. 康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。

英汉词典释义

n.
假装, 作假, 做作
He didn’t like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest. 他不喜欢这道菜, 但因为他是客人, 所以假装吃了一些。
自命, 自称, 自吹, 炫耀
The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation. 那学说号称最具有科学基础。

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a false or unsupportable quality
2. an artful or simulated semblance;
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
3. pretending with intention to deceive
4. imaginative intellectual play
5. the act of giving a false appearance;
"his conformity was only pretending"

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