pretense

英音[ prɪˈtens ] 美音[ ˈpriːtens ]
借口
常用释义
n. 假象,伪装;借口,托词;装扮游戏角色;自称,自诩;虚浮炫耀的语言(或行为)

扩展信息

借口
新东方教育科技集团 > 新东方 > 详细信息 ... Congress 国会,协会 Pretense 借口,假装,自吹 Pretence 借口,假装,自吹 ...
伪装
综合英语单词表(第二册下) - 豆丁网 ... preserve v. 保留,保存 pretense n. 伪装;虚假 primarily ad. 主要地,首要地 ...
假装
新东方教育科技集团 > 新东方 > 详细信息 ... Congress 国会,协会 Pretense 借口,假装,自吹 Pretence 借口,假装,自吹 ...
虚伪
普通英汉小词典_翻译家(Fanyijia.com) ... pretend 假装 pretense 虚伪 pretty 漂亮 ...
虚假
综合英语单词表(第二册下) - 豆丁网 ... preserve v. 保留,保存 pretense n. 伪装;虚假 primarily ad. 主要地,首要地 ...
矫饰
王玉梅托福词汇 Word_list_37_在线英语听力室 ... tensile 可拉长的, 可伸长的 pretense 矫饰,做作 pretension 主张,要求 ...
幌子
struggle,pretense,这两个词什么... ... class struggle: 阶级斗争 pretense: 虚伪|借口|幌子 Trifolium pretense: 红三叶|红豆叶 ...
做作
王玉梅托福词汇 Word_list_37_在线英语听力室 ... tensile 可拉长的, 可伸长的 pretense 矫饰,做作 pretension 主张,要求 ...

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n. 假象; 伪装

例句

"Yes, " she said, and she began to giggle again, sheepishly, and with a pretense of being coy.

“是埃”说着她又傻笑开了,很忸怩,作出一副害羞的样子。

电影人:那么,抛开客观的伪装肯定也是这种自由感中的一部分。

The collapse of Fannie and Freddie took with it the pretense that the government could do so at no risk to taxpayers, he said.

他说:随着弗雷德马克和范妮梅公司的倒闭,政府说可以做到消除纳税人风险的谎言也随之破产。

所以,没有必要担心这样的事情。抱怨社会分配不公平,这是失败人的借口。

But last week's message said the South may use the Cheonan incident as a pretense for war, Hyun said.

但HyunIn-hye说,上周的指令称,韩国可能会以“天安”号事件为借口挑起战争。

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。

He said what was true, without any pretense, no matter what the consequences.

不论什么后果,他都说实话不做作。

But under all of his fancy pretense and expensive garb, he was just a big fat slob.

但是在他所有表面的炫耀与昂贵的服装下,他只是一个又大又胖的粗俗汉。

Yet, in most cases, those giving out grant money want at least the pretense of a long-term research plan.

但是,很多时候,那些掏钱的,总是希望至少能够看到一个长期的研究计划。

It needed to be fully itself, with no pretense or gesture of compromise toward the natural predilections of the male libido.

它需要有完全的自我存在性,不沾染一丝向自然男性欲望的偏爱相与妥协的做作或姿态。

显然他用这作为离开兵营的借口。

It is not pretense nor play on prejudice. It is not the perturbation of a people passion-wrought nor a promise proposed.

进步不是宣言,也不是空谈。进步不是乔装打扮,也不是玩弄偏见。进步不是扰乱一个感情激动的民族,也不是提出某种承诺。

他们是在试图复制一个马歇尔声音或声音挡泥板没有借口。

Not the pretense of the saints, who pretend, incomprehensibly, inhumanly, to never even have those urges at all.

而不是那些道貌岸然的圣人,他们不可思议地、没有人情味地假装从来没有说谎的欲望。

I'm sick of your pretense. You sold me down the river to the public. How dare not you, you traitor!

假惺惺的,真让人恶心。在大部分人面前出卖我,你咋了敢那样?你那个叛徒!

To openly commit murder or wage war invites the pretense of justice, and penalties exacted in the name of drow justice are merciless.

公开的谋杀和掀起战争将会引来虚伪正义的介入;黑暗精灵所施行的惩罚和他们的个性一样毫不留情。

I'm sick of your pretense. You sold me down the river to the public. How dare you, you traitor!

假惺惺的,真让人恶心。在大家面前出卖我,你怎么敢?你叛徒!

Integrity leads to purity. And none of it is pretense. It is integrity of heart.

真实无伪的表现会带来纯洁,这当中没有假装是出于一颗真实无伪的心。

Tuomas: I also tried to avoid the kind of pretense that often plagues concept albums.

我总是尽力避免让新砖成为大众心目中所理解的概念专辑。

Developmental psychologists have long been interested in children's appreciation of the distinction between pretense and reality.

发展心理学家一直对儿童如何区分虚幻和现实很感兴趣。

I do not get to go outsides and hang around talking to the other smokers at regular intervals on the pretense that I'm having nicotine fit.

也不能每隔一段时间伪称尼古丁发作而去外边溜达着同其他的烟民聊几句。

But if they do, they had better live up to the expectations that such pretense creates.

但是,如果他们这样做,他们有较好的辜负,这种打着。

Ghoshal suggests that the exaggerated 'pretense' of knowledge leads to sloppiness in theorizing, research design and prescription.

Ghoshal认为,夸大的知识“籍口”会导致在论证、研究设计与预设处于凌乱状态。

这样的行动将会使秘密的黑市公开化,并因此减少美国的国民品德总体的矫饰行为。

“一个坚决”,就是坚决杜绝以重点棚户区改造为幌子骗取政策以及其他违法、违纪现象的发生。

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。

But if we had any pretense at all to being just, fair and democratic nations, we would not tolerate it.

但如果我们有一丁点儿伸张正义,追求公平和实现国家民主的想法的话,我们将不能容忍上述行径。

But then the pretense of a voluntary restructuring could not be maintained.

但这就会撕下“自愿重组”的遮羞布。

I'm sick of owe pretense. You sold me d have the sea to the public. How dare not you, you traitor!

假惺惺的,真让人恶心。在大部份人面前出卖我,你怎么敢那样?你这个叛徒!

No matter how unsatisfied Germans are with the present situation, no one will ever use this pretense to defend the Berlin Wall ever again.

这恐怕就是,无论德国人对现状如何不满,柏林墙却再无人为之辩护的玄机所在吧。

常用短语

n.

同义词

n.
借口;虚假;炫耀;自吹(等于pretence)

同根词(词根pretend)

pretend adj 假装的
pretentious adj 自命不凡的;炫耀的;做作的
pretended adj 假装的;虚假的
pretension n 自负;要求;主张;借口;骄傲
pretence n 假装;借口;虚伪
pretended v 假装(pretend的过去式和过去分词);装扮
pretend vi 假装;伪称
pretend vt 假装;假扮;伪称