pretense
翻译
伪装, 借口, 虚伪
例句
He made no pretense of being interested.
他毫不伪装自己感兴趣的样子。
She dropped her pretense of nonchalance.
她不再假装若无其事了。
They kept up the pretense that they were happily married.
他们维持着婚姻幸福的假象。
语法模式
((under the pretense of sth.)) 在…的借口下 He got into the party under the pretense of being a reporter.
((make a pretense of -ing)) 假装(做某事) She made a pretense of listening to him.
近义词
同义词: sham, pretext, facade; 反义词: honesty, reality
词源
源自拉丁语“praetendere”(向前伸展,声称),由“prae-”(在...之前)和“tendere”(伸展)构成。
记忆技巧
可以联想“pre-tend”(假装)。“tend”有“倾向”的意思,“pre-”表示“预先”,即预先表现出一种倾向,也就是伪装。