false pretense

基本解释

If thy pass for Christians they are guilty of obtaining respect under false pretense.
如果他们作为基督徒而亡，他们就是空背了基督徒的名声犯了虚妄罪。
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He said that the globalization of financial markets was built on a “false pretense” that financial markets could be left to their own devices and said global regulation was needed.
他说金融市场全球化建立在一个“错误的主张”——金融市场见过是各国自己的失误。他称全球监管很有必要。
This study was to explore the possible relations between preschoolers' false belief understanding and their general verbal ability, and the using of mental terms during pretense play.
本研究目的在于探讨幼儿在假装游戏中心理状态术语的应用，以及与错误信念的理解是否存在相关并具有一定的发展特征。

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