pretence
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. 假装
He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau. 他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。
On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese. 在审问的第8天，她不再假装她是日本人。
2. PHRASE →see false pretences
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pretence /prɪˈtɛns/ (pretences)
[英国英语]AM pretense
剑桥词典
- a way of behaving that is intended to deceive people
假装；伪称；虚伪的表现
She made absolutely no pretence of being interested . 她毫不掩饰自己丝毫不感兴趣。
They kept up (= continued ) a pretence of normality as long as they could. 他们尽可能地继续装作一切正常。
The army has given up any pretence of neutrality in the war . 军队已放弃了在战争中的中立伪装。 返回 pretence