pretences

英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]

美

n. 假象; 伪装; 虚伪的表现; 妄称; 自称; 标榜
pretence的复数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 pretense

N-VAR 假装；做作；矫饰
Apretenceis an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true.
1. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
  韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
2. We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better...
  我们只得一直假装情形在好转。
3. The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
  政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
PHRASE 以虚假的借口；以欺骗的手段
If you do somethingunder false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions.
1. I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...
  我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。
2. Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.
  康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。

双语例句

One in three workers admit to taking time off under false pretences, according to research.
一项研究表明：三分之一的员工承认请假时使用假借口。
Enrico fermi atomic power plant He extorted money from poor farmers under false pretences.
讹科费米原子能电站他讹诈穷苦农民的钱财。
Perhaps that explains why the disreputable new labour project won three elections, despite taking Britain to war under false pretences and almost bankrupting the country.
或许正因如此，声名狼藉的“新工党”计划赢得了三次大选尽管工党让英国在没有合理理由的情况下卷入了战争，甚至几乎让英国破产。
The thieves got into the house under false pretences, by saying they had come to repair the water taps.
小偷们捏造口实，说是来修理水龙头的，藉以闯入住宅。
Baishi had no idea that the man got it on false pretences so he could sell fakes in Hong kong.
他不知道有人骗去他的润格，到香港去卖假画。
Obtaining money on false pretences perhaps or some obscurer charge heard in camera under the Official Secrets Act.
也许是说谎骗钱，或者是根据“公务员保密条例”窃听到的某种莫名其妙的罪名。
Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.
康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。
I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences
我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。
He obtained money by false pretences.
他用欺骗手段获取钱财。
He extorted money from poor farmers under false pretences.
他讹诈穷苦农民的钱财。