pretence

pretence

英 [prɪ'tens]
　　美

n. 假裝；借口；虛偽

中文詞源：

pretence 假象，偽裝，標榜

來自pretense的拼寫變體。

例句：

1. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.
她假裝點蠟燭，避開他消失瞭。

2. The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.
這個劇作傢與世隔絕，生活在一個虛幻的世界裡。

3. The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
政府不再裝模作樣地進行改革。

4. Their friendliness was only pretence.
他們的友善態度隻不過是裝出來的。

5. The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.
那學說號稱最具有科學基礎.