美[?pri?t?ns, pr??t?ns] 1 . Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.
她假裝點蠟燭，避開他消失了。
來自柯林斯例句
2 . The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence .
這個劇作家與世隔絕，生活在一個虛幻的世界里。
來自柯林斯例句
3 . The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
政府不再裝模作樣地進行改革。
來自柯林斯例句
4 . Their friendliness was only pretence .
他們的友善態度只不過是裝出來的。
來自《權威詞典》
5 . The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.
那學說號稱最具有科學基礎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
1.a false or unsupportable quality
2.an artful or simulated semblance;
under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
3.pretending with intention to deceive
4.imaginative intellectual play
5.the act of giving a false appearance;
his conformity was only pretending
