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1 词典释义:
pretence
时间: 2025-05-11 16:49:31
美 ['priːtens]

n.假装;装作;声称;断言;标榜;借口;托词;假装;装模作样;故弄玄虚;

双语例句
  • She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.

    她无法继续假装爱他了。

    《牛津词典》
  • He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau.

    他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese.

    在审问的第8天,她不再假装她是日本人。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Their friendliness was only pretence.

    他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。

    《牛津词典》
  • He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.

    他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。

    《牛津词典》
  • I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.

    我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。

    《牛津词典》
  • By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.

    到晚会结束时,她已将假装的兴趣抛得一干二净。

    《牛津词典》
  • His religion was a mere pretence.

    他信教纯属假充样子。

    《新英汉大辞典》
  • The family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally. With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while, making a pretence of affluence.

    一家人全靠他在外面讹个钱,诈个财,吃点好的,穿点好的,装门面。

    《新英汉大辞典》
  • The failure of austerity and pretence

    紧缩政策和虚伪行为的失败

  • For this loss of confidence, blame the pretence.

    投资者信心的丧失应归咎于掩饰。

  • I dropped my pretence, even if it was just for me.

    我卸下了我的伪装,即使那真的是我的。

  • The employer often scolded his men on the slightest pretence.

    这个老板常常以一点点借口就责骂他的员工。

  • Pretence, shame, pain, guilt, anger - the stories tumble out.

    假装、羞耻、痛苦、内疚、愤怒——统统从故事里倾倒出来。

  • Worse, in some cases there is no pretence of objectivity.

    更糟的情况是,部分地区连客观现实都懒得粉饰了。

  • We both know he isn't called Ben Lopez, but we maintain the pretence.

    我们都知道他不叫本-洛佩兹,但是我们继续假装。

  • He ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities.

    他剥掉了遮盖他们行动的假面具。

  • On her advice, I've dropped the pretence that my husband is always working.

    根据她的建议,我已经不再假装我的丈夫一直在工作。

  • If Dr Rangel is right, though, pretence may not be the true explanation.

    如果兰赫尔博士是正确的,那么,惺惺作态或许不是真实的解释。

  • This pretence of learning Latin lasted as long as I was at these lodgings.

    这种徒有形式的拉丁文学习,在我住在这公寓的期间,一直拖了下去。

  • Many maintain that Britain should give up the pretence of being a busy power.

    许多人认为,英国该停止打肿脸充胖子,故作繁忙了。

  • Her father is a famous professor, but I can't find any scholarly pretence in him.

    她的父亲是一位有名望的教授,但我从没有她父亲身上看到故作姿态的学者派头。

  • So far the euro zone’s response has relied too much on two things: austerity and pretence.

    迄今为止,欧元区给出的答案就是过重地仰仗两样事物:紧缩和虚伪。

  • So far the euro zone's response has relied too much on two things: austerity and pretence.

    目前欧元区的应对过多地依赖于两个举措:紧缩和掩饰。

  • But its members yesterday tore up any pretence that people have a right to know what they are eating.

    但是该理事会成员昨日否决了任何人们有权利知道自己吃的是什么的借口。

  • Canada is making little pretence of presuming the suspects' innocence of these vague allegations.

    加拿大正佯装假定这些嫌疑犯对于这些模棱两可的指控是无辜的。

  • Keiko Arimoto While studying in London, she was lured to Copenhagen on the pretence of a job interview in July 1983.

    还在伦敦念书的Keiko Arimoto于1983年7月被诱骗到哥本哈根,有人骗她在那里有一场工作面试。

  • It is wrong to ensure the lawsuit false pretence as the swindle crime, though it has some characters of swindle crime.

    诉讼诈骗尽管具有诈骗罪的某些特征,但认定其构成诈骗罪是不妥的。

短语搭配
  • false pretences

    诈骗

近义词
n. 假装;借口;虚伪