pretense是什么意思？

pretense

英[prɪ'tens] 美[ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]

• n. 借口，（无事实根据的）要求，自称，假装；

复数：pretenses;

例句

• make no pretense to special knowledge 不以有专门知识自居
• He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] . 他假装有 情.
• You can't keep up the pretense any longer. 你无法继续伪装下去了.
• It is merely a pretense. 这只是托词而已.
• ...a plain-spoken American full of scorn for pomp and pretense. 看不惯炫耀和虚伪、直言不讳的一个美国人

同义词

• n.
  pretense的同义词之：自负,自命不凡,吹牛
  pomposity, gas, fanfaronade, hot, braggadocio, boasting, pompousness, side, pretentiousness, bragging, air, peacockery, vaunting, gasconade,
  pretense的同义词之：藉口,托辞
  motive, pretension, pretext,
  pretense的同义词之：虚假,掩饰;虚构,伪装
  concoction, put-on, falsification, pretending, imposture, show, act, varnish, fable, affectation, fabrication, obscuration, masquerade, false, fantasy, make-believe, cover, gloss, feigning, fiction, colors, veil, veneer, disguise, simulation, facade, invention, figment, camouflage, mask, faking, cloak,
  pretense的同义词之：骗子;说谎;诡计
  fraud, delusion, ruse, falsehood, fake, humbug, humbuggery, wile, hoax, fib, artifice, trickery, charade, sham, trick, deception, swindle, lie,
• pretense的同义词之：其他释义
  profession,

英汉词典释义

• n.
  借口,托词
  They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism. 他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。
  自称,自吹
  make no pretense to special knowledge 不以有专门知识自居

英英词典释义

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