pretense
英 美['pritɛns]
- n. 借口；虚假；炫耀；自吹（等于pretence）
实用场景例句
- Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.
- 弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家.
辞典例句
- The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.
- 愚蠢参议员的与论借口引起了轰动.
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- Sir, look at this pretense of want of room.
- 先生, 瞧瞧这条缺少空间的借口吧.
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- Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.
- 带着宗教或政治面具的偏见和轻蔑也都是一丘之貉.
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- I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.
- 我小心翼翼地跟你谈话, 你用坦荡和真诚作答.
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- They gave up the pretense of dancing, and her arms went around his neck.
- 他们放弃了假装跳舞, 她双臂抱住他的脖子.
英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
- You can't keep up the pretense any longer.
- 你无法继续伪装下去了.
辞典例句
- He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] .
- 他假装有 情.
辞典例句
- There was not even a pretense of a free press, freedom of assembly or free speech.
- 甚至连表面的出版自由、集会自由和言论自由都没有.
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- What difference asas in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed?
- 那有什么妨碍 呢 ?无论如何, 或是假意,或是诚心, 终究是宣传了基督.
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- He cheated me under ( the ) pretense of friendship.
- 他 假借 友谊欺骗我.
辞典例句
- An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.
- 虚构的作品或托词,并不代表是真实的,而是被编造出来的.
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- Mk. 12:40 Who devour the widows'a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.
- 可十二40他们侵吞寡妇的家产,假意作很长的祷告. 这些人要受更重的刑罚.
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- It is merely a pretense.
- 这只是托词而已.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- But I made myself smile so I could GREet my little daughter a Pretense of happiness.
- 但我擦擦眼泪,强挤出笑脸,要让自己在女儿面前露出喜悦之情.
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- Red Clover ( trifolium pretense ) helps restore and balance hormonal function.
- 恢复和平衡内分泌功能和子宫孕育.
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- The window was open and I faced it, making a pretense of studying the landscape.
- 窗开着,我面对着她, 假装在研究地形.
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- I have [ make ] no pretense to genius.
- 我不自命为天才.
辞典例句
- The satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.
- 讽刺文学对人类的各种虚伪行为进行了精妙的嘲讽.
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- The house was decorated without any pretense of showiness.
- 这房子的装饰一点不带显眼的虚饰.
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- The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.
- 虚构作品或捏造借口的行为.
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- He made a pretense of asking for my advice.
- 他装模作样地向我请教.
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- The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.
- 奥格尔维突然粗鲁地冲口而出, 所有假装的和蔼态度全没有了.
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- Absence of pretense artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
- 没有虚伪做作,充满无限的创造意图.
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- U.S. policymakers longer make any pretense that the country's fiscal situation is anything but troubling.
- 美国决策者再也不能给国家令人不安的财政状况找借口了.
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- The window was open and I faced making a pretense of studying the landscape.
- 车窗是开着的,我面朝窗外,假装欣赏风景.
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- But pretense may bring an annoyance to people.
- 但是,倘若故意装可爱就会让人生厌了.
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- Sometimes the best offense is a ghoulish pretense.
- 令人毛骨悚然的伪装有时是最好的攻击手段.
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- A canny bureaucratic infighter , Moorer made as pretense of academic subtlety.
- 穆勒是一个机警的官场角逐者, 但他并不装作高深莫测.
辞典例句