pretense

[pri'tens]

n.借口, 虚假, 伪装, 自吹, 炫耀
=pretence

n.

1. 假装; 矫饰; 虚伪; 做作[U][S]

2. 借口, 托词[C]

3. 自称, 自吹[U][(+to)]

make no pretense to special knowledge

不以有专门知识自居

4. 炫耀[U]

5. (无事实根据的)要求, 虚假的理由

词形变化

动词过去式: pretended | 动词过去分词: pretended | 动词现在分词: pretending | 动词第三人称单数: pretends |

词义辨析

同义:

n.虚假, 掩饰; 虚构, 伪装

pretending  feigning  faking  simulation  make-believe  fantasy  fabrication  concoction  invention  figment  fiction  fable  false show  disguise  camouflage  mask  veil  cloak  cover  false colors  obscuration  gloss  varnish  veneer  falsification  put-on  show  affectation  imposture  act  facade  masquerade

n.骗子; 说谎; 诡计

humbug  hoax  fraud  wile  sham  fake  deception  delusion  artifice  humbuggery  falsehood  lie  fib  swindle  trickery  trick  charade  ruse

n.藉口, 托辞

pretension  pretext  motive

n.自负, 自命不凡, 吹牛

pretentiousness  peacockery  pomposity  pompousness  vaunting  side  boasting  gasconade  bragging  fanfaronade  braggadocio  gas  hot air  

同义参见:

pose  profession  

英英释义

名词 pretense:

the act of giving a false appearance

同义词：pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning

pretending with intention to deceive

同义词：pretence, feigning, dissembling

imaginative intellectual play

同义词：pretence, make-believe

a false or unsupportable quality

同义词：pretension, pretence

an artful or simulated semblance

同义词：guise, pretence, pretext

短语词组

under false pretenses

1. 找借口地; 巧立名目地

He obtained money from her under false pretenses.

他巧立名目从她那儿骗钱。

补充

pretensepretense英:[priˈtens] 美:[ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]n.1.主张,要求,伪称,借口,自称

例句

1. He called her under/on the pretense of asking about the homework assignment. [=asking about the homework assignment was not the real reason he called her]他打电话给她，借口说问家庭作业的事情。 2. "A reporter obtained documents from the company under false pretenses. [=by saying something that was not true, by pretending something, etc.]"记者找借口从公司取得了文件。 3. Their indifference is only a pretense. [=they are only pretending to be indifferent]他们的漠不关心只是假象而已。 4. We tried to keep up the pretense that everything was fine.我们试图装作一切都好的样子。 5. She couldn't even make a pretense of liking him. [=she disliked him so much that she was unable to pretend that she liked him]她不喜欢他，甚至没法装出喜欢他的样子。 6. Their indifference is merely pretense.他们的漠不关心只是假象而已。 7. He abandoned/dropped all pretense at politeness. [=he stopped pretending or trying to be polite]他不再装成有礼貌的样子。 8. I make no pretense of being a history expert. [=I do not claim/pretend to be a history expert]我没有自诩为史学专家。