pretense
n. 藉口; (無事實根據的)要求; 自稱; 假裝
1. the act of giving a false appearance;
2. pretending with intention to deceive
3. imaginative intellectual play
4. a false or unsupportable quality
5. an artful or simulated semblance;
Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.
弄虛作假欺騙不了真正的行家.
The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.
愚蠢參議員的與論藉口引起了轟動.
Sir, look at this pretense of want of room.
先生, 瞧瞧這條缺少空間的藉口吧.
Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.
帶著宗教或政治面具的偏見和輕蔑也都是一丘之貉.
I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.
我小心翼翼地跟你談話, 你用坦蕩和真誠作答.
n. 自負,自命不凡,吹牛
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n. 藉口,託辭
n. 虛假,掩飾;虛構,偽裝
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n. 騙子;說謊;詭計
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