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. 假裝
He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau. 他去圖書館假裝讀梭羅的書。
On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese. 在讅問的第8天，她不再假裝她是日本人。
2. PHRASE →see false pretences
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pretence /prɪˈtɛns/ (pretences)
[英國英語]AM pretense
剑桥词典
- a way of behaving that is intended to deceive people
假裝；偽稱；虛偽的表現
She made absolutely no pretence of being interested . 她毫不掩飾自己絲毫不感興趣。
They kept up (= continued ) a pretence of normality as long as they could. 他們盡可能地繼續裝作一切正常。
The army has given up any pretence of neutrality in the war . 軍隊已放棄了在戰爭中的中立偽裝。 返回 pretence