pretense

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pretense 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 借口, 虚假, 伪装

英文释义

n. the act of giving a false appearance

n. pretending with intention to deceive

n. imaginative intellectual play

pretense 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 pretense 在自然语境里怎么用：

If we still live together that way, we are living indifference and negation under a pretense of love.

—— Is This Blue: Chilean Philosophers Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela on Love and How We Know the World

Another lesson I learned early is that imposter syndrome can push you toward one of two paths: pretense or humility.

—— Feel Like a Fraud? Read This Before You Doubt Yourself Again

In other words, the FCC could soon be coming for other device categories, banning foreign-made products under the pretense of national security.

—— Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh

Baer appeared perplexed by this coy pretense of innocence.

—— New Orleans’s Car-Crash Conspiracy

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