pretence的意思|示意
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）
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复数 pretences
pretence的用法详解
英语单词pretence的用法讲解
pretence，意思是假装，是可数名词，常作“假装，伪装”讲。
①pretence的意思是假装，表示欺骗他人，在某种情况下说一些不真实的话。
例句:
He made a pretence of not knowing me.
他假装不认识我。
②pretence还可指“假装拥有某种能力、财产或才能”。
例句:
He had no pretence to scholarship.
他毫无学术能力可言。
③“无稽之谈，虚假的表现”也可用pretence表示。
例句:
Her protestations of innocence were nothing but pretence.
她无辜的抗议完全是虚假表现。
pretence相关短语
1、 false pretences 诈骗
pretence相关例句
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
Billy made a pretence to be ill.
比利装病.
期刊摘选
She made no pretence , she was perfectly natural.
她一点不矫揉造作, 而是非常自然.
期刊摘选
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》
His religion was a mere pretence.
他信教纯属假充样子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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》
He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.
他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。
牛津词典