pretence
英 [pr?'tens]
美
- n. 假裝；借口；虛偽
實用場景例句
- Their friendliness was only pretence.
- 他們的友善態(tài)度只不過是裝出來的。
牛津詞典
- By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.
- 到晚會結束時，她已將假裝的興趣拋得一干二凈。
牛津詞典
- He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.
- 他未敢妄稱音樂知識豐富。
牛津詞典
- She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
- 她無法繼續(xù)假裝愛他了。
牛津詞典
- a woman with some pretence to beauty
- 自詡有幾分姿色的女人
牛津詞典
- I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.
- 我不敢自詡為這方面的專家。
牛津詞典
- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
- 韋蘭假裝在便箋薄上做筆記。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better...
- 我們只得一直假裝情形在好轉。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...
- 我再也不能和一個靠謊言騙我結婚的男人繼續(xù)生活下去了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.
- 康拉德因為詐騙錢財已經坐了一年的牢。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.
- 你不應該以一點點借口就責罵他.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Julie made a pretence to feel for the key.
- 她說道.
期刊摘選
- He didn't like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest.
- 他不喜歡這道菜, 但因為他是客人,所以假裝吃了一些.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- But then why persist with the pretence , particularly if it drains a company's efficiency?
- 此種做法已是妨礙了公司效率,又為什麼要自欺欺人?
期刊摘選
- She made no pretence , she was perfectly natural.
- 她一點不矯揉造作, 而是非常自然.
期刊摘選
- What about your not paying with a pretence of bad quality?
- 你們收到貨后以質量為由不付款 怎么辦 ?
期刊摘選
- Billy made a pretence to be ill.
- 比利裝病.
期刊摘選
- With one remark he had ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities.
- 他一針見血地揭穿了他們掩飾自己的偽裝.
期刊摘選
- His religion was a mere pretence.
- 他信教純屬假充樣子.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Isn't long enough for all that lying and pretence.
- 是不是足夠長的一切撒謊和幌子.
期刊摘選
- There is no pretence that qualifying was a success.
- 這個排位一點也不成功.
期刊摘選
- The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.
- 那學說號稱最具有科學基礎.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health.
- 他想托病辭職.
辭典例句
- 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訛個錢,詐個財, 吃點好的,穿點好的, 裝門面.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- His way of life is all pretence.
- 他的生活方式全是假裝.
期刊摘選
- Which devour widows'houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
- 他們侵吞寡婦的家產 、 假意作很長的禱告.這些人要受更重的刑罰.
期刊摘選
- They are making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might.
- 他們板起面孔, 像演員一樣,裝出大公無私的樣子.
辭典例句
- Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary.
- 不消三十秒,所有借口全成了多余的廢物.
英漢文學
- Arthur believed that this was just a pretence.
- 阿瑟認為這僅僅是一種掩飾.
辭典例句