pretense

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英[pr?\'tens]
美[?pri?t?ns, pr??t?ns]

基本釋義

n.
借口; (無事實(shí)根據(jù)的)要求; 自稱; 假裝

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.

弄虛作假欺騙不了真正的行家.

辭典例句

The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.

愚蠢參議員的與論借口引起了轟動.

期刊摘選

Sir, look at this pretense of want of room.

先生, 瞧瞧這條缺少空間的借口吧.

期刊摘選

Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.

帶著宗教或政治面具的偏見和輕蔑也都是一丘之貉.

期刊摘選

I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.

我小心翼翼地跟你談話, 你用坦蕩和真誠作答.

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They gave up the pretense of dancing, and her arms went around his neck.

他們放棄了假裝跳舞, 她雙臂抱住他的脖子.

英漢文學(xué) - 廊橋遺夢

You can't keep up the pretense any longer.

你無法繼續(xù)偽裝下去了.

辭典例句

He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] .

他假裝有 情.

辭典例句

There was not even a pretense of a free press, freedom of assembly or free speech.

甚至連表面的出版自由、集會自由和言論自由都沒有.

期刊摘選

What difference asas in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed?

那有什么妨礙 呢 ?無論如何, 或是假意,或是誠心, 終究是宣傳了基督.

期刊摘選

He cheated me under ( the ) pretense of friendship.

他 假借 友誼欺騙我.

辭典例句

An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.

虛構(gòu)的作品或托詞,并不代表是真實(shí)的,而是被編造出來的.

期刊摘選

Mk. 12:40 Who devour the widows'a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.

可十二40他們侵吞寡婦的家產(chǎn),假意作很長的禱告. 這些人要受更重的刑罰.

期刊摘選

It is merely a pretense.

這只是托詞而已.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

But I made myself smile so I could GREet my little daughter a Pretense of happiness.

但我擦擦眼淚,強(qiáng)擠出笑臉,要讓自己在女兒面前露出喜悅之情.

期刊摘選

Red Clover ( trifolium pretense ) helps restore and balance hormonal function.

恢復(fù)和平衡內(nèi)分泌功能和子宮孕育.

期刊摘選

The window was open and I faced it, making a pretense of studying the landscape.

窗開著,我面對著她, 假裝在研究地形.

期刊摘選

I have [ make ] no pretense to genius.

我不自命為天才.

辭典例句

The satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.

諷刺文學(xué)對人類的各種虛偽行為進(jìn)行了精妙的嘲諷.

期刊摘選

The house was decorated without any pretense of showiness.

這房子的裝飾一點(diǎn)不帶顯眼的虛飾.

期刊摘選

The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.

虛構(gòu)作品或捏造借口的行為.

期刊摘選

He made a pretense of asking for my advice.

他裝模作樣地向我請教.

期刊摘選

The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.

奧格爾維突然粗魯?shù)貨_口而出, 所有假裝的和藹態(tài)度全沒有了.

期刊摘選

Absence of pretense artificiality, full creative intent unforced.

沒有虛偽做作,充滿無限的創(chuàng)造意圖.

期刊摘選

U.S. policymakers longer make any pretense that the country's fiscal situation is anything but troubling.

美國決策者再也不能給國家令人不安的財(cái)政狀況找借口了.

期刊摘選

The window was open and I faced making a pretense of studying the landscape.

車窗是開著的,我面朝窗外,假裝欣賞風(fēng)景.

期刊摘選

But pretense may bring an annoyance to people.

但是,倘若故意裝可愛就會讓人生厭了.

期刊摘選

Sometimes the best offense is a ghoulish pretense.

令人毛骨悚然的偽裝有時是最好的攻擊手段.

期刊摘選

A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made as pretense of academic subtlety.

穆勒是一個機(jī)警的官場角逐者, 但他并不裝作高深莫測.

辭典例句

真題例句

I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called research.

2017年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. the act of giving a false appearance;

    "his conformity was only pretending"

  • 2. pretending with intention to deceive

  • 3. imaginative intellectual play

  • 4. a false or unsupportable quality

  • 5. an artful or simulated semblance;

    "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

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其他釋義

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