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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I pretense to know what I don't know.
我假装知道我不知道的东西。 - 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。 - But we're just living in the pretense of a marriage, responsibility.
但现在我们只是假装维系着婚姻，责任。 - But I made myself smile so I could GREet my little daughter with a Pretense of happiness.
但我擦擦眼泪，强挤出笑容，要让自己在女儿面前露出喜悦之情。 - 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。