pretense
发音
英 [prɪ'tens]
美 [ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]
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- n.
- 借口
- （无事实根据的）要求
- 自称
- 假装
单词词源
pretense 假象，伪装，标榜
来自pretend,假装，佯装，-s,过去分词格。此处形容词后名词。
同义词
pomposity gas fanfaronade hot braggadocio boasting pompousness side pretentiousness bragging air peacockery vaunting gasconade
双语例句
- 1. But when lawyers measure themselves against the highest-paid ceos or the richest americans , it 's a pretense . "
- 但当律师将自己与高薪的CEO或其他有钱的美国人进行比较时，其实是在自吹自擂。”
- 2. It 's not a good pretense .
- 它不是一个好借口。
- 3. Sir , look at this pretense of want of room .
- 先生，瞧瞧这条缺少空间的借口吧。
- 4. Jealousy , that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive .
- 妒忌，一条恶龙，它在保护爱情生命安全的借口下杀死了爱情.
- 5. One possibility is that he wants to use a temporary crisis as a pretense for engineering a permanent increase in the size and scope of the government .
- 一种可能是他想把这个暂时的危机当做政府永久扩张规模的借口。