王强口语 第一册 Short conversation 005
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：王强口语 第一册
Lesson Five
Short Conversations
Peace on False Pretences 1
Whittaker: The problem might be that you tried to make peace on false pretences.
Connie: False what?
Whittaker: Pretences. It's uh, well...well, let me put it another way. You tried to make peace by ignoring the source of the conflict rather than resolving 2 it.
Connie: What does that mean?
Whittaker: You expected Donna and Jessie to apologize for saying things that may well be true. Donna might be a take-charge kind of person, so Jessie isn't actually wrong when she says so. And maybe Jessie really isn't very organized, so...
Connie: Donna isn't wrong for saying so, either. Yeah, I get it.
Whittaker: Well, there's no place for name-calling. But there's also no point in making them apologize for being right about each other. Even if they did apologize, it wouldn't bring lasting 3 peace. Sooner or later, it would all come up again.
Connie: Well, then what are you saying I should do?
Whittaker: Well, I suppose before you try to get them to make up with each other, you need to make your own peace with them.
- You've brought your old friends out here under false pretences. 你用虚假的名义把你的那些狐朋狗党带到这里来。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- There are no pretences about him. 他一点不虚伪。 来自辞典例句
- She turned back, resolving to hunt up Storm and King and enter. 她转过身往回走，决心回到风雷皇家公司去试试。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- They are on the brink of resolving their long-standing dispute over money. 他们很快就能解决长期以来的金钱纠纷。 来自辞典例句