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pretense是什么意思

2024-02-02 02:38:17
pretense
美[priːtens]  英[prɪtens]
n.  借口;虚假;伪装;自吹;炫耀
sp.  =pretence.
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英英释义

Noun
  1. the act of giving a false appearance;

    "his conformity was only pretending"

  2. pretending with intention to deceive
  3. imaginative intellectual play
  4. a false or unsupportable quality
  5. an artful or simulated semblance;

    "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. It is merely a pretense.这只是托词而已。
  2. You answered me with no pretense.你坦诚相见的回答了我。
  3. Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。
  4. He cheated me under the pretense of friendship.他假借友谊欺骗我。
  5. The pretense of greatness will be the proof of it, and powerful men with many severe faults will rule over all the classes on earth.自称为伟大的会是拥有很多错误的有权势的人,他们支配着地上的所有阶级。