pretenses

英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]

美 [priˈtɛnsɪz]

n.  借口；假装；伪称
pretense的复数

双语例句

• We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.
  我们不会被他们伪装的虔诚所欺骗。
• You obtained this job under false pretenses.
  你是靠欺诈得到了这份工作的。
• If we trust each other, we are willing to be open to each other and can shed masks and pretenses and reveal our true selves.
  如果我们彼此信任，我们就愿意敞开心扉，摘下面具，去掉伪装，显示我们真实的自我。
• And false pretenses became a way of life.
  虚假借口则成了生活的一部分。
• You lured me here under false pretenses.
  你用藉口把我骗到这里来。
• Several characters are spies, traveling under false names and pretenses.
  许多角色都是间谍，在假名和虚伪包装下旅行。
• Until these qualities of truth and courage are generated, we will be vulnerable to our own pretenses and fabrications.
  在我们生起这些真实和勇气的特质之前，我们仍然容易受害于我们自己的虚伪和造作。
• The money was obtained under false pretenses.
  这笔钱是用欺诈手段获得的。
• And sold them under false pretenses.
  并以伪造死因销售出去。
• What makes me most happy is what comes from within myself or simply being me without false pretenses.
  真正让我开心是内心存在的一些东西或者是简简单单做自己毫不伪装。