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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
故意的炫耀或者夸大言行。 - I pretense to know what I don't know.
我假装知道我不知道的东西。 - I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.
我小心翼翼地跟你谈话，你用坦荡和真诚作答。 - 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。 - 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。