pretense
英：[prɪ'tens] 美： [ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]
pretense 基本解释
n.借口；（无事实根据的）要求；自称；假装
变形
复数：pretenses
英英释义
pretense[ pri'tens, 'pri:t- ]
n.the act of giving a false appearance同义词：pretencepretendingsimulationfeigning
pretending with intention to deceive同义词：pretencefeigningdissembling
imaginative intellectual play同义词：pretencemake-believe
a false or unsupportable quality同义词：pretensionpretence
an artful or simulated semblance同义词：guisepretencepretext
pretense 相关例句
双语例句
用作名词(n.)- It is merely a pretense.
这只是托词而已。 - You answered me with no pretense.
你坦诚相见的回答了我。 - Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.
弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。 - He cheated me under the pretense of friendship.
他假借友谊欺骗我。 - 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。
权威例句
On the pretense theory of irony.A cognitive theory of pretense.Verbal irony: Pretense or echoic mention?Pretense and representation: Trie origins of theory of mindPretense and representation: The origins of "theory of mind."Pretense and representation in infancy : the origins of 'theory of mind'Young children's understanding of pretense expressions of independent agencyYoung children's conceptualization of pretense: Action or mental representational state?How about another piece of pie: the allusional pretense theory of discourse irony.Macroeconomics after the Crisis: Time to Deal with the Pretense-of-Knowledge Syndrome
