pretences
英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]
美
n. 假象; 伪装; 虚伪的表现; 妄称; 自称; 标榜
pretence的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 假装;做作;矫饰
Apretenceis an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true.- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。 - We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better...
我们只得一直假装情形在好转。 - The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
- Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...
- PHRASE 以虚假的借口;以欺骗的手段
If you do somethingunder false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions.- I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...
我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。 - Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.
康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。
- I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...
in AM, use 美国英语用 pretense
双语例句
- There are no pretences about him.
他一点不虚伪。 - The economy will recover its equilibrium only when workers expectations are fulfilled, prices turn out as anticipated, and they no longer sell their labour under false pretences.
除非劳动者的期望得以满足,物价合情合理,而且他们不会再在受到蒙蔽的情况下出卖自己的劳动力,经济才会恢复平衡。 - I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences
我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。 - Baishi had no idea that the man got it on false pretences so he could sell fakes in Hong kong.
他不知道有人骗去他的润格,到香港去卖假画。 - He extorted money from poor farmers under false pretences.
他讹诈穷苦农民的钱财。 - The thieves got into the house under false pretences, by saying they had come to repair the water taps.
小偷们捏造口实,说是来修理水龙头的,藉以闯入住宅。 - If you're not going to offer me a job, then you've brought me here under false pretences.
如果你不是要给我一项工作,那么你是骗我来到这里。 - Enrico fermi atomic power plant He extorted money from poor farmers under false pretences.
讹科费米原子能电站他讹诈穷苦农民的钱财。 - One in three workers admit to taking time off under false pretences, according to research.
一项研究表明:三分之一的员工承认请假时使用假借口。 - You've brought your old friends out here under false pretences.
你用虚假的名义把你的那些狐朋狗党带到这里来。