pretense

pretense

英
　　美 ['pritɛns]

n. 借口；虛假；炫耀；自吹（等於pretence）

中文詞源：

pretense 假象，偽裝，標榜

來自pretend,假裝，佯裝，-s,過去分詞格。此處形容詞後名詞。

例句：

1. It is merely a pretense.
這隻是托詞而已.

2. You can't keep up the pretense any longer.
你無法繼續偽裝下去瞭.

3. He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] .
他假裝有 情.

4. A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made no pretense of academic subtlety.
穆勒是個機警的官場角逐者, 但他並不裝作高深莫測.

5. A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made as pretense of academic subtlety.
穆勒是一個機警的官場角逐者, 但他並不裝作高深莫測.