pretence
英 [prɪˈtens]
美 [ˈpriːtens]
n. 假象; 伪装; 虚伪的表现; 妄称; 自称; 标榜
复数:pretences
Collins.1 / BNC.8669 / COCA.37692
习惯用语
n.
- by/under/on false pretences
- 靠欺诈手段;以虚假的借口
by pretending to be sth that you are not, in order to gain some advantage for yourself - She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.
她被控诈骗钱财。
牛津词典
noun
- 假象;伪装;虚伪的表现
the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe sth that is not true- Their friendliness was only pretence.
他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。 - By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.
到晚会结束时,她已将假装的兴趣抛得一干二净。 - He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.
他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。 - She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
她无法继续假装爱他了。
- Their friendliness was only pretence.
- 妄称;自称;标榜
a claim that you have a particular quality or skill- a woman with some pretence to beauty
自诩有几分姿色的女人 - I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.
我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
- a woman with some pretence to beauty
柯林斯词典
- 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.- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。 - 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。 - The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
- 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.- 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。 - 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...
in AM, use 美国英语用 pretense
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
- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad
韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。 - I have no pretence to be an expert on the subject.
我并不自命是这方面的专家。 - Ex: He made a pretence of enjoying the food.
他假装很喜欢这种食物。 - He made a pretence of being happy at the party.
晚会上他假装很高兴。 - Xue Pan hastened to register himself as a pupil. His school-going was, needless to say, a pretence--“ one day fishing and two days to dry the net ” as they say--and had nothing to do with the advancement of learning.
薛蟠也假说来上学,不过是:“三天打鱼,两天晒网”*却不见有一点进益。 - The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
政府不再装模作样地进行改革。 - Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other.
奥尔特曼戳穿了电影产业的虚伪面具以及普遍存在的一些错误认识,揭露了其作为一个产业,跟其他任何一个产业都一样。 - The army has given up any pretence of neutrality in the war.
军队已放弃了在战争中的中立伪装。 - Those people slapped together an outfit and under the pretence of collecting for charity, bluffed and cheated their way around.
几个人搭了个草台班子,打着慈善捐款的幌子到处招摇撞骗。 - 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。