pretense
英 [prɪˈtens]
美 [ˈpriːtens]
n. 借口；假装；伪称
复数：pretenses
COCA.11459
柯林斯词典
- → see:pretence
英英释义
noun
- the act of giving a false appearance
- his conformity was only pretending
- an artful or simulated semblance
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- a false or unsupportable quality
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
双语例句
- 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 was compelled to make a pretense of worshiping her God, which was her exaction for my keep.
我就得被迫装着崇拜她的上帝，这是她为哺育我对我提出的要求。 - These adjectives mean genuine, honest, and devoid of hypocrisy or pretense.
这些形容词都是真实、诚实、不虚伪或不伪饰的意思。 - Please note that there are also risks of dealing with foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretense.
请注意也有可能与外国人、未成年人或者伪装之人进行交易的风险。 - If thy pass for Christians they are guilty of obtaining respect under false pretense.
如果他们作为基督徒而亡，他们就是空背了基督徒的名声犯了虚妄罪。 - They immediately burned all their bridges behind them and abandoned any pretense of making a peace with Chiang Kai-shek.
他们立即表明决不妥协，而且抛弃了与蒋介石言和的一切伪装。 - It is man's pretense that because he has choice he is free.
人类总是自欺地认为，因为它有选择，所以它是自由的。 - He collected money under the pretense of patriotism.
他假藉爱国募集金钱。 - Because of this, their fantasies can confidently be brought to life through fiction without any pretense or unnecessary apologies.
所以，他们的幻想可以理直气壮地以虚拟的姿态现身，不需要任何借口或累赘的解释。 - It seems likely that, sooner or later, Google will have to drop the pretense.
看起来，谷歌早晚会要卸下伪装。