pretense
翻譯
偽裝, 藉口, 虛偽
例句
He made no pretense of being interested.
他毫不偽裝自己感興趣的樣子。
She dropped her pretense of nonchalance.
她不再假裝若無其事了。
They kept up the pretense that they were happily married.
他們維持著婚姻幸福的假象。
文法模式
((under the pretense of sth.)) 在…的藉口下 He got into the party under the pretense of being a reporter.
((make a pretense of -ing)) 假裝(做某事) She made a pretense of listening to him.
近義詞
同義詞: sham, pretext, facade; 反義詞: honesty, reality
詞源
源自拉丁語「praetendere」(向前伸展,聲稱),由「prae-」(在...之前)和「tendere」(伸展)構成。
記憶技巧
可以聯想「pre-tend」(假裝)。「tend」有「傾向」的意思,「pre-」表示「預先」,即預先表現出一種傾向,也就是偽裝。