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
- Can we convince God to somehow "Christianize" these customs and the whole pretense and lie of Christmas, so we can enjoy ourselves?
我们能否说服上帝把圣诞节中这些习俗、所有借口和谎言“基督教义化”呢?所以我们可以享受这个节日吗? - The pretense of a useless shell.
一片无用的贝壳的伪装。 - The satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.
讽刺文学对人类的各种虚伪行为进行了精妙的嘲弄。 - 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。 - The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.
编造藉口、捏造罪名虚构作品或捏造借口的行为。 - 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。 - 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。 - Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing.
建立在虚假的基础上;虚假的赞美。 - He made a pretense of asking for my advice.
他装模作样地向我请教。 - Absence of pretense or artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
没有虚伪做作,充满无限的创造意图。