pretense
n. 借口；虚假；伪装；自吹；炫耀
sp. =pretence.
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英英释义
Noun
- the act of giving a false appearance;
"his conformity was only pretending"
- pretending with intention to deceive
- imaginative intellectual play
- a false or unsupportable quality
- an artful or simulated semblance;
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- It is merely a pretense.这只是托词而已。
- You answered me with no pretense.你坦诚相见的回答了我。
- Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。
- He cheated me under the pretense of friendship.他假借友谊欺骗我。
- The pretense of greatness will be the proof of it, and powerful men with many severe faults will rule over all the classes on earth.自称为伟大的会是拥有很多错误的有权势的人，他们支配着地上的所有阶级。