pretence
英 [prɪ'tens]
美 
	    - n. 假装;借口;虚伪
 
实用场景例句
- Their friendliness was only pretence.
 - 他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.
 - 他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。
 
牛津词典
- She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
 - 她无法继续假装爱他了。
 
牛津词典
- a woman with some pretence to beauty
 - 自诩有几分姿色的女人
 
牛津词典
- I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.
 - 我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
 
牛津词典
- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
 - 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better...
 - 我们只得一直假装情形在好转。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...
 - 我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.
 - 康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.
 - 你不应该以一点点借口就责骂他.
 
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Julie made a pretence to feel for the key.
 - 她说道.
 
期刊摘选
- He didn't like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest.
 - 他不喜欢这道菜, 但因为他是客人,所以假装吃了一些.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- But then why persist with the pretence , particularly if it drains a company's efficiency?
 - 此种做法已是妨碍了公司效率,又为什麽要自欺欺人?
 
期刊摘选
- She made no pretence , she was perfectly natural.
 - 她一点不矫揉造作, 而是非常自然.
 
期刊摘选
- What about your not paying with a pretence of bad quality?
 - 你们收到货后以质量为由不付款 怎么办 ?
 
期刊摘选
- Billy made a pretence to be ill.
 - 比利装病.
 
期刊摘选
- With one remark he had ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities.
 - 他一针见血地揭穿了他们掩饰自己的伪装.
 
期刊摘选
- His religion was a mere pretence.
 - 他信教纯属假充样子.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Isn't long enough for all that lying and pretence.
 - 是不是足够长的一切撒谎和幌子.
 
期刊摘选
- There is no pretence that qualifying was a success.
 - 这个排位一点也不成功.
 
期刊摘选
- The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.
 - 那学说号称最具有科学基础.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health.
 - 他想托病辞职.
 
辞典例句
- The family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally . With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while , making a pretence of affluence.
 - 一家人全靠他在外面讹个钱,诈个财, 吃点好的,穿点好的, 装门面.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His way of life is all pretence.
 - 他的生活方式全是假装.
 
期刊摘选
- Which devour widows'houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
 - 他们侵吞寡妇的家产 、 假意作很长的祷告.这些人要受更重的刑罚.
 
期刊摘选
- They are making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might.
 - 他们板起面孔, 像演员一样,装出大公无私的样子.
 
辞典例句
- Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary.
 - 不消三十秒,所有借口全成了多余的废物.
 
英汉文学
- Arthur believed that this was just a pretence.
 - 阿瑟认为这仅仅是一种掩饰.
 
辞典例句