pretence是什么意思？

pretence

英[prɪˈtens] 美[ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]

• n. 假装，作假，借口，口实，虚伪，虚饰；

复数：pretences;

例句

• 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。
• If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
• Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad. 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
• 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.
• His religion was a mere pretence. 他信教纯属假充样子.
• The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation. 那学说号称最具有科学基础.
• Their friendliness was only pretence. 他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。
• 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。
• Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad... 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad... 韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。 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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  假装, 作假, 做作
  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。
  自命, 自称, 自吹, 炫耀
  The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation. 那学说号称最具有科学基础。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a false or unsupportable quality
  2. an artful or simulated semblance;
  "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
  3. pretending with intention to deceive
  4. imaginative intellectual play
  5. the act of giving a false appearance;
  "his conformity was only pretending"