pretence

美 [ˈpriːtens]英 [prɪˈtens]
  • n.假装;伪装;假象;自称;标榜;妄称;虚伪的表现

复数: pretences

pretencepretence

noun

1

假象;伪装;虚伪的表现
the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe sth that is not true

Their friendliness was only pretence.

他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。

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。

He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.

他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。

She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.

她无法继续假装爱他了。

2

妄称;自称;标榜
a claim that you have a particular quality or skill

a woman with some pretence to beauty

自诩有几分姿色的女人

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

我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。

习语

pretence

频次

  • 2
    N-VAR 假装;做作;矫饰
    A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true.

    Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...

    韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。

  • 3
    PHRASE 以虚假的借口;以欺骗的手段
    If you do something under false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions.

    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。

noun

1
the act of giving a false appearance
his conformity was only pretending
Synonym: pretense pretending simulation feigning
2
an artful or simulated semblance
under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
Synonym: guise pretense pretext
3
a false or unsupportable quality
Synonym: pretension pretense
4
imaginative intellectual play
Synonym: pretense make-believe
5
pretending with intention to deceive
Synonym: pretense feigning dissembling

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  1. She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him .

    她无法继续假装爱他了。

  2. 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。

  3. He made no pretence of great musical knowledge .

    他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。

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

    我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。

  5. She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences .

    她被控诈骗钱财。

  6. Their friendliness was only pretence .

    他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad

    韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。

  10. 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。

  11. Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other .

    奥尔特曼戳穿了电影产业的虚伪面具以及普遍存在的一些错误认识,揭露了其作为一个产业,跟其他任何一个产业都一样。

  12. We have to drop our pretences and look squarely at schooling as it really is .

    我们必须抛开一切伪装,正视学校教育的真实情况。

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

    这个剧作家与世隔绝,生活在一个虚幻的世界里。

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

    她假装点蜡烛,避开他消失了。

  15. His religion was a mere pretence .

    他信教纯属假充样子。

  16. 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。

  17. Xue Pan hastened to register himself as a pupil . His school-going was , needless to say , a pretence -- “ one day fishing and two days to dry the net ” as they say -- and had nothing to do with the advancement of learning .

    薛蟠也假说来上学,不过是:“三天打鱼,两天晒网”*却不见有一点进益。

  18. His mannerisms are affected and full of pretence .

    他的那副派头完全是装腔作势,假得很。

  19. Those people slapped together an outfit and under the pretence of collecting for charity , bluffed and cheated their way around .

    几个人搭了个草台班子,打着慈善捐款的幌子到处招摇撞骗。

  20. The government abandoned any pretence of reform .

    政府不再装模作样地进行改革。

  21. There is no longer any need for pretence between us .

    我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。

  22. He made a pretence of being happy at the party .

    晚会上他假装很高兴。

  23. Knowing all this , participants make little pretence towards value investing .

    市场参与者明白这一切,因此丝毫没有装作是在进行价值投资。

  24. Conclusion Facial plastic surgery patients pretence more anxious and depressed problem .

    结论:颜面部整形美容患者在术前存在着较明显的焦虑和抑郁情绪反应。

  25. Not that it made much pretence of reform while under scrutiny .

    这并不是说,中国在受到全世界注目的时候,作了许多改革的假像。

  26. They are making a pretence of equity with serious faces .

    他们板起面孔,装作大公无私的样子。

  27. Any such pretence on his part would have been simply ridiculous .

    他那方面的任何这种冒充,都会是荒谬可笑的。

  28. One in three workers admit to taking time off under false pretences , according to research .

    一项研究表明:三分之一的员工承认请假时使用假借口。

  29. Preschoolers ' understanding of pretence mainly inclined to external features .

    3~5岁儿童主要倾向于依据假装的外在特征线索而不是心理线索来认识假装,但是外在特征线索并不是儿童认识假装的唯一途径。

  30. She made no pretence , she was perfectly natural .

    她一点不矫揉造作,而是非常自然。

  • 习语

n.

by/under/on false pretences

靠欺诈手段;以虚假的借口
by pretending to be sth that you are not, in order to gain some advantage for yourself

She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.

她被控诈骗钱财。