pretense的中文翻译是什么意思

pretense

US/ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns/
UK/prɪ'tens/

n. 借口; (无事实根据的)要求; 自称; 假装

pretense英文释义

Noun

1. the act of giving a false appearance;

  • his conformity was only pretending

2. pretending with intention to deceive

    3. imaginative intellectual play

      4. a false or unsupportable quality

        5. an artful or simulated semblance;

        • under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

        pretense场景例句

        Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.

        弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家.

        The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.

        愚蠢参议员的与论借口引起了轰动.

        Sir, look at this pretense of want of room.

        先生, 瞧瞧这条缺少空间的借口吧.

        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.

        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.

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        pretense词性变形

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