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。 - You will be more alluring to a date when you remove your mask and be yourself without the pretense.
你将变得更具吸引力的日期当您删除您的面具，是自己没有的幌子。 - He made no pretense of caring about our predicament.
他并没有假装关心我们的困境。 - 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。 - I make no pretense that I can predict how long it will take for the apple to fall.
我并不是说我能预测，苹果掉落的时间。 - Absence of pretense or artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
没有虚伪做作，充满无限的创造意图。 - A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
故意的炫耀或者夸大言行。 - 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 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。 - 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。