pretense

[prɪ'tens] [ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]
  • 复数:pretenses;
  • 相关单词 pretenses
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    英语六级真题
    • I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called research.
      2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. the act of giving a false appearance;
      "his conformity was only pretending"
      2. pretending with intention to deceive
      3. imaginative intellectual play
      4. a false or unsupportable quality
      5. an artful or simulated semblance;
      "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"