• n. 假裝；借口；虛偽

來自pretense的拼寫變體。

1. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.

她假裝點(diǎn)蠟燭，避開他消失了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.

這個(gè)劇作家與世隔絕，生活在一個(gè)虛幻的世界里。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The government abandoned any pretence of reform.

政府不再裝模作樣地進(jìn)行改革。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Their friendliness was only pretence.

他們的友善態(tài)度只不過是裝出來的。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.

那學(xué)說號(hào)稱最具有科學(xué)基礎(chǔ).

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》