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词汇 pretense
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pretense

noun
/prɪˈtens/
/ˈpriːtens/
(North American English)
(British English pretence)
  1. [uncountable, singular] the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true假象;伪装;虚伪的表现
    • Their friendliness was only pretense.他们的友好只是假装的。
    • pretense of doing something By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretense of being interested.到晚上结束时,她已经放弃了所有假装感兴趣的东西。
    • pretense of something He made no pretense of great musical knowledge.他没有假装有丰富的音乐知识。
    • pretense that… She was unable to keep up the pretense that she loved him.她无法继续假装爱他。
  2. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal or literary) a claim that you have a particular quality or skill妄称;自称;标榜
    • pretense (to something) a woman with some pretense to beauty假装美丽的女人
    • pretense (to doing something) I make no pretense to being an expert on the subject.我没有假装是这方面的专家。
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