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
- 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。 - Bravadoa pretense of courage; a false show of bravery.
故作勇敢;假装表现出勇敢。 - 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。 - The pretense of a useless shell.
一片无用的贝壳的伪装。 - A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
故意的炫耀或者夸大言行。 - He collected money under the pretense of patriotism.
他假藉爱国募集金钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。