pretense

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英[prɪ\'tens]
美[ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]

基本释义

n.
借口; (无事实根据的)要求; 自称; 假装

词性变化

实用例句

Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.

弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家.

辞典例句

The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.

愚蠢参议员的与论借口引起了轰动.

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Sir, look at this pretense of want of room.

先生, 瞧瞧这条缺少空间的借口吧.

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Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.

带着宗教或政治面具的偏见和轻蔑也都是一丘之貉.

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I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.

我小心翼翼地跟你谈话, 你用坦荡和真诚作答.

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They gave up the pretense of dancing, and her arms went around his neck.

他们放弃了假装跳舞, 她双臂抱住他的脖子.

英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦

You can't keep up the pretense any longer.

你无法继续伪装下去了.

辞典例句

He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] .

他假装有 情.

辞典例句

There was not even a pretense of a free press, freedom of assembly or free speech.

甚至连表面的出版自由、集会自由和言论自由都没有.

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What difference asas in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed?

那有什么妨碍 呢 ?无论如何, 或是假意,或是诚心, 终究是宣传了基督.

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He cheated me under ( the ) pretense of friendship.

他 假借 友谊欺骗我.

辞典例句

An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.

虚构的作品或托词,并不代表是真实的,而是被编造出来的.

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Mk. 12:40 Who devour the widows'a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.

可十二40他们侵吞寡妇的家产,假意作很长的祷告. 这些人要受更重的刑罚.

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It is merely a pretense.

这只是托词而已.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

But I made myself smile so I could GREet my little daughter a Pretense of happiness.

但我擦擦眼泪,强挤出笑脸,要让自己在女儿面前露出喜悦之情.

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Red Clover ( trifolium pretense ) helps restore and balance hormonal function.

恢复和平衡内分泌功能和子宫孕育.

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The window was open and I faced it, making a pretense of studying the landscape.

窗开着,我面对着她, 假装在研究地形.

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I have [ make ] no pretense to genius.

我不自命为天才.

辞典例句

The satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.

讽刺文学对人类的各种虚伪行为进行了精妙的嘲讽.

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The house was decorated without any pretense of showiness.

这房子的装饰一点不带显眼的虚饰.

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The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.

虚构作品或捏造借口的行为.

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He made a pretense of asking for my advice.

他装模作样地向我请教.

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The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.

奥格尔维突然粗鲁地冲口而出, 所有假装的和蔼态度全没有了.

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Absence of pretense artificiality, full creative intent unforced.

没有虚伪做作,充满无限的创造意图.

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U.S. policymakers longer make any pretense that the country's fiscal situation is anything but troubling.

美国决策者再也不能给国家令人不安的财政状况找借口了.

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The window was open and I faced making a pretense of studying the landscape.

车窗是开着的,我面朝窗外,假装欣赏风景.

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But pretense may bring an annoyance to people.

但是,倘若故意装可爱就会让人生厌了.

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Sometimes the best offense is a ghoulish pretense.

令人毛骨悚然的伪装有时是最好的攻击手段.

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A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made as pretense of academic subtlety.

穆勒是一个机警的官场角逐者, 但他并不装作高深莫测.

辞典例句

真题例句

I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called research.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the act of giving a false appearance;

    "his conformity was only pretending"

  • 2. pretending with intention to deceive

  • 3. imaginative intellectual play

  • 4. a false or unsupportable quality

  • 5. an artful or simulated semblance;

    "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

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