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音标：[ pri"tens ]名词复数:pretenses

中英文翻译

n.

〔美国〕＝pretence.

the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

同义词：pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning,

an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

同义词：guise, pretence, pretext,

a false or unsupportable quality

同义词：pretension, pretence,

imaginative intellectual play

同义词：pretence, make-believe,

pretending with intention to deceive

同义词：pretence, feigning, dissembling,

例句与用法

1.Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender .

弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。

2.It"s a commonplace male pretense .

这是男人的通病。

3.It would be unkind to say that taft took the presidency under false pretense .

要说塔夫脱是靠说假话取得总统职位，未免刻薄。

4.A canny bureaucratic infighter, moorer made no pretense of academic subtlety .

穆勒是个机警的官场角逐者，但他并不装作高深莫测。

5.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。

6.Except for the felicitous pretense of deafness i had not tried to pretend anything .

除了巧妙地假装耳聋之外，我一点也没有弄虚作假。

7.I was compelled to make a pretense of worshiping her god, which was her exaction for my keep .

我就得被迫装着崇拜她的上帝，这是她为哺育我对我提出的要求。

8.The archdeacon had never been inclined to be severe with those who were absent on reputable pretenses .

会吏长始终没有想对那些找出一些体面的借口离开的人过分严厉。

9.We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety

我们不会被他们伪装的虔诚所欺骗。

10.So you " re here under false pretenses . - no , not at all

所以，你骗了我-不，不全是

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