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pretence

英 /prɪˈtens/美 /ˈpriːtens/
  • n.
    假象，伪装；借口，托词；装扮游戏角色；自称， 自诩；虚浮炫耀的语言（或行为）
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词语例句

  1. 假象，伪装n.

    • He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau.

      他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。

    • 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。

  2. 借口，托词cn.

    • He borrowed money from her under false pretences.

      他找借口跟她借了钱。

  3. 装扮游戏角色un

    • She started to engage in pretence when she was 3.

      她从3岁起就开始玩角色装扮游戏了。

  4. 自称， 自诩n.

    • I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.

      我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。

    • She is a 20-year-old woman with some pretence to beauty.

      她是一个20岁的、自诩有几分姿色的女人。

  1. She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
    她无法继续假装爱他了。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau.
    他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese.
    在审问的第8天，她不再假装她是日本人。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

相关短语

  • The Pretence of Knowledge
    知识的僭妄；似乎有知识；知识的僭越；知识的伪装
  • make a pretence of
    假装
  • When pretence becomes reality
    弄假成真
  • no pretence
    不装饰
  • make no pretence with
    不假装

词语扩展

n.
simulationexcuseactingblind
假装；借口；虚伪
adj.
pretend假装的
pretended假装的；虚假的
n.
pretension自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲
pretense借口；虚假；炫耀；自吹（等于pretence）
v.
pretended假装（pretend的过去式和过去分词）；装扮

词义分布

假装
46.2%
借口
38.5%
虚伪
15.4%

英英释义

  • n.a false or unsupportable quality
  • n.an artful or simulated semblance
  • n.pretending with intention to deceive
  • n.imaginative intellectual play
  • n.the act of giving a false appearance

词源

  • pretence假象，伪装，标榜
    来自pretense的拼写变体。