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pretence
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 假装;借口;虚伪
  • 网络释义

    1、假装
    所以,正如吾师Paco Peña一直强调我们要以「求真的心态来习艺,因为真正的Flamenco艺术是 假装 ( Pretence )不出来的。
    2、虚伪
    ... presumable 可能的,可假定的 pretence 虚伪;借口 prevision 先见,预感 ...
    3、借口
    ... gentrify 绅士化,(使)中产阶级化 pretence 借口,假装,自吹 unflagging 不减弱的,不垂头丧气的 ...
    4、伪装
    ... presumptuous冒昧的;专横的 pretence伪装;假扮 pretension借口;自负,骄傲 ...

    短语

    no pretence不装饰

    pretence pretense假装;借口

    false pretence翻译;诈欺罪

    pretence e借口

    hollow pretence虚假的托辞

    preschoolers pretence学前儿童假装

    Without Pretence不虚伪

    But Pretence除借口

    obtain by false pretence讹词行骗

    专业释义

    英英释义

    pretence [ pri'tens, 'pri:t- ]

    n.
      a false or unsupportable quality

      同义词:pretensionpretense

      an artful or simulated semblance

      同义词:guisepretensepretext

      pretending with intention to deceive

      同义词:pretensefeigningdissembling

      imaginative intellectual play

      同义词:pretensemake-believe

      the act of giving a false appearance

      同义词:pretensepretendingsimulationfeigning




    英汉双解大词典

    pretence /prɪˈtɛns/ TEM4 (pretences)

    • 1.  

      N-VAR(有变体名词) A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. 假装

      例:

      He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau.

      他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。

    • 2.  

      PHRASE(习语) →see false pretences