pretence是什么意思_pretence的用法_词性_词根

短语搭配

escutcheon of pretence

内盾

双语例句

His friendliness and enthusiasm are only pretences.

他的友好和热情只不过是装出来的。
The killer kept up the pretence that he knew nothing.

凶手一直假装他什么都不知道。
I made absolutely no pretence of my disappointment with him.

我毫不掩饰自己对他的失望。
She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.

她无法继续假装爱他了。
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。
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。
Their friendliness was only pretence.

他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。
He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.

他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。

近义词

同根词

词根 pretend

pretend adj. 假装的 vi. 假装；伪称 vt. 假装；假扮；伪称
pretended adj. 假装的；虚假的 v. 假装（pretend的过去式和过去分词）；装扮
pretension n. 自负；要求；主张；借口；骄傲
pretense n. 借口；虚假；炫耀；自吹（等于pretence）

释义

an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

假装；矫饰；做作；推托，借口

his anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

他装作若无其事，掩饰了自己的怒意
[mass noun]they have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretence.

他们最终放弃了保密和伪装。

a false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions

虚伪，虚假

he asked me questions without any pretence at politeness.

他毫不客气地问我各种问题。

[mass noun]the practice of inventing imaginary situations in play

装扮游戏角色

before the age of two, children start to engage in pretence.

孩子在两岁以前就开始装扮游戏角色了。

[mass noun]affected and ostentatious speech and behaviour

虚浮炫耀的语言（或行为）。

(pretence to)a claim, especially a false or ambitious one

自吹，自诩，自命

he was quick to disclaim any pretence to superiority.

他急忙否认自己以优越自居。

类似拼写词

pretencen.假装；矫饰；做作；推托；借口；自吹；自诩；自命；虚伪；虚假
presencen.出席；在场；存在；军事存在；风度；气质；仪态；仪表；在场但看不见的人；驻扎部队

词源

"late Middle English： from Anglo-Norman French pretense, based on medieval Latin pretensus ‘pretended'， alteration of Latin praetentus, from the verb praetendere （see PRETEND）."