pretence的意思和读音

pretence

: [prɪˈtens] : [prɪˈtens]

n.

pretences  

n.reality

n.trick,con,sham,hoax,fabrication

pretencen.

1.[u][sing]the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe sth that is not true

Their friendliness was only pretence.

By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.

He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.

She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.

2.[u][c][ususing]a claim that you have a particular quality or skill

a woman with some pretence to beauty姿

I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.

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na.1.“pretense”

na.1.The variant of pretense

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1.Using all right, and for a pretence finally, I just want you stay with me, before you abandon me before I won't let go of your.,``

2.Arthur believed that this was just a pretence.

3.But the fact is that this situation is only sustainable as long as additional amounts of money are available to continue the pretence.

4.Thus I got over the fraud of passing for a fortune without money, and cheating a man into marrying me on pretence of a fortune.

5.When they spoke before the screening, Guy apparently said he'd had enough of the pretence and that they should admit the marriage was over.

6.There can be no more pretence that monetary union respects the premise on which it was sold to European citizens, Germans in particular.

7.If you want a pretence to whip a dog, it is enough to say he ate up the frying-pan .。(

8.She got a considerable sum of money out of the unsuspecting people under the pretence of collecting for the blind.

9.To remedy which, there was a sort of people bred up among us in the profession, or pretence, of curing the sick.

10.Only, the cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and a pretence of reluctance.