pretense

noun

/prɪˈtens/

/ˈpriːtens/

(North American English)

(British English pretence)

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[uncountable, singular] the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true假象；伪装；虚伪的表现
- Their friendliness was only pretense.他们的友好只是假装的。
- pretense of doing something By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretense of being interested.到晚上结束时，她已经放弃了所有假装感兴趣的东西。
- pretense of something He made no pretense of great musical knowledge.他没有假装有丰富的音乐知识。
- pretense that… She was unable to keep up the pretense that she loved him.她无法继续假装爱他。
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal or literary) a claim that you have a particular quality or skill妄称；自称；标榜
- pretense (to something) a woman with some pretense to beauty假装美丽的女人
- pretense (to doing something) I make no pretense to being an expert on the subject.我没有假装是这方面的专家。