n. 1.借口,口实,托辞,假托。 2.假装,假做作,虚伪。 3.虚饰,虚装门面。 4.(无理的)要求,虚假的理由 (to)。 5.自命,自称;自吹。 6.〔罕用语〕目的,企图。 短语和例子 He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health. 他想托病辞职。 There are no pretences about him. 他一点不虚伪。 devoid of all pretence 毫不虚伪[不做作]地。 false pretences 【法律】欺诈(手段)。 make a pretence of ... 假装,装做…。 on the pretenceof = under (the) pretence of 托辞,借口,拿…做口实。 on the slightest pretence 借着一点点口实。
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" 同义词:pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning,
an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" 同义词:guise, pretense, pretext,
a false or unsupportable quality 同义词:pretension, pretense,
imaginative intellectual play 同义词:pretense, make-believe,
pretending with intention to deceive 同义词:pretense, feigning, dissembling,
例句与用法
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I hate such shallow false pretences . 我讨厌这种肤浅,虚伪的做作。
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Arthur believed that this was just a pretence . 阿瑟认为这仅仅是一种掩饰。
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These embraces were a vain pretence . 这类拥护完全是故作姿态。
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Your plea of old age is only a pretence . 您借口说您年纪老了,这不过是托辞。
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The prosperity would seem to indicate a pretence . 表面上的繁荣不过是个幌子。
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A pretence is the cloak of secret . 矫饰是秘密的外衣。
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He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health . 他想托病辞职。
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There are no pretences about him . 他一点不虚伪。
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He is always making pretences . 他总是找借口。
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They are making a pretence of equity with serious faces . 他们板起面孔,装作大公无私的样子。