pretense中文什么意思

n.
〔美国〕＝pretence.

• false pretense:    欺诈, 欺骗, 谎言
• it is merely a pretense:    这只是托词而已
• under pretense:    藉口

例句与用法

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1. Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender .
   弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。
2. It's a commonplace male pretense .
   这是男人的通病。
3. It would be unkind to say that taft took the presidency under false pretense .
   要说塔夫脱是靠说假话取得总统职位，未免刻薄。
4. A canny bureaucratic infighter, moorer made no pretense of academic subtlety .
   穆勒是个机警的官场角逐者，但他并不装作高深莫测。
5. A canny bureaucratic infighter, moorer made as pretense of academic subtlety .
   穆勒是一个机警的官场角逐者，但他并不装作高深莫测。

英文释义

名词

1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
   同义词：pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
2. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
   同义词：guise, pretence, pretext
3. a false or unsupportable quality
   同义词：pretension, pretence
4. imaginative intellectual play
   同义词：pretence, make-believe
5. pretending with intention to deceive
   同义词：pretence, feigning, dissembling