pretense

单词pretense

基本解释

n.: 〈美〉同“pretence”
网络: 借口；伪装；假装

英汉解释

• 假装;虚伪

词性分析

• 复数：pretenses

同义词

n.trickconshamhoaxfabrication

反义词

n.reality

例句

• "Yes, " she said, and she began to giggle again, sheepishly, and with a pretense of being coy.

  “是埃”说着她又傻笑开了，很忸怩，作出一副害羞的样子。

• Filmmaker: And giving up the pretense to objectivity must be part of that sense of freedom.

  电影人：那么，抛开客观的伪装肯定也是这种自由感中的一部分。

• The collapse of Fannie and Freddie took with it the pretense that the government could do so at no risk to taxpayers, he said.

  他说：随着弗雷德马克和范妮梅公司的倒闭，政府说可以做到消除纳税人风险的谎言也随之破产。

• so, it is not necessary to worry about this. complaining is a pretense of the failure.

  所以，没有必要担心这样的事情。抱怨社会分配不公平，这是失败人的借口。

• But last week"s message said the South may use the Cheonan incident as a pretense for war, Hyun said.

  但HyunIn-hye说，上周的指令称，韩国可能会以“天安”号事件为借口挑起战争。

• It would be unkind to say that Taft took the presidency under false pretense .

  要说塔夫脱是靠说假话取得总统职位，未免刻薄。

• He said what was true, without any pretense, no matter what the consequences.

  不论什么后果，他都说实话不做作。

• But under all of his fancy pretense and expensive garb, he was just a big fat slob.

  但是在他所有表面的炫耀与昂贵的服装下，他只是一个又大又胖的粗俗汉。

• Yet, in most cases, those giving out grant money want at least the pretense of a long-term research plan.

  但是，很多时候，那些掏钱的，总是希望至少能够看到一个长期的研究计划。

• It needed to be fully itself, with no pretense or gesture of compromise toward the natural predilections of the male libido.

  它需要有完全的自我存在性，不沾染一丝向自然男性欲望的偏爱相与妥协的做作或姿态。