音标：[pri'tens] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 假装, 虚伪, 借口, 自称, 要求
[法] 假装, 借口, 托词

n a false or unsupportable quality
n an artful or simulated semblance
n pretending with intention to deceive
n imaginative intellectual play
n the act of giving a false appearance

词型变化：名词复数形式 : pretences
考试类型：[GRE]

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pretence的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

He made a pretence of ignorance.他假装不知道。
The boy didn't take the exam under the pretence of sickness.那个男孩借口生病没有参加考试。
She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.她无法继续假装爱他了。
I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
Don't listen to his pretences; he is lying.别听他的种种借口,他在撒谎。

词汇搭配

on the pretence of借口于
make a pretence of假装

经典引文

Marlborough..politely showed that the pretence was unreasonable.
出自：Ld Macaulay

【近义词】

deceit欺骗
outside在外面
air空气
make-believe假装
trick诡计
con骗局
sham假
hoax欺骗
fabrication制造
invention发明
claim要求
suggestion建议
allegation断言
hint暗示
supposition假设
presumption推测
fantasy幻想
fancy华丽装饰的
imagination想象
castles in the air空中楼阁(白日梦...
pretense借口
feigning动词feign的现在进行...
guise装束
pretension声称
pretending假装的
simulation模拟
pretext借口
dissembling动词dissemble的...

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