音标:[pri'tens] ;
n. 借口, 虚假, 伪装
n. the act of giving a false appearance
n. pretending with intention to deceive
n. imaginative intellectual play
词型变化:名词复数形式 : pretenses
考试类型:[托福]
词性分布:
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pretense的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. It is merely a pretense.这只是托词而已。
  2. You answered me with no pretense.你坦诚相见的回答了我。
  3. Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。
  4. He cheated me under the pretense of friendship.他假借友谊欺骗我。
  5. The pretense of greatness will be the proof of it, and powerful men with many severe faults will rule over all the classes on earth.自称为伟大的会是拥有很多错误的有权势的人,他们支配着地上的所有阶级。

词汇搭配

  • under false pretenses找藉口地
  • pretence假装
  • make no pretense at不认为自己有...
  • on the pretense of以…为借口
  • make no pretense to不认为自己有...
  • under the pretense of[法] 藉口
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