
英:/'prɪˈtens/ 美:/'ˈpriːtens/
假裝
複數 pretenses
CET4,CET6,GRE
n. 借口;虛假;炫耀;自吹(等于pretence)
The experienced police officer debunked the suspect's pretense.
這位經驗豐富的警員揭穿了嫌疑人的僞裝。
I couldn't allow myself to accept the pretense of the truth.
我無法自欺欺人。
I can't make myself in the pretense that my life has not been disturbed by the outside world.
我無法假裝自己的生活沒有受到外界的騷擾。
She couldn't even make a pretense of liking him.
她甚至不能假裝喜歡他
She made no pretense of being interested, which some found rude, but others thought was honest.
她絲毫不掩飾自己完全不感興趣,有些人覺得很無禮,但有些人認為她很誠實。
I can't keep up the pretense that everything is okay, because everything is not okay!
我沒法繼續假裝一切都好了,因為一切都不好!
Exactly, so it gives us the pretense of control to ease anxiety and motivate us to be better.
沒錯,我們就會産生掌握未來的假象,以減輕焦慮、激勵自己變得更好。
Pretense or not, 2020 was a doozy, so I'm ready to wipe the slate clean!
不管是不是假象,2020年都太艱難了,所以我已經準備好重新開始了!
Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms.
他們抛開一切佯裝的理性,開始脅迫進行民主改革。
Altman strips away the pretense and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other.
奧爾特曼揭穿僞裝和神話,把電影業暴露成像其他任何行業一樣。
Altman strips away the pretense and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other, dedicated to the pursuit of profit.
奧爾特曼揭去電影業的僞裝和神話,揭示了其與任何行業一樣追逐利潤的本質。
It is merely a pretense.
這隻是托詞而已。
The pretense of a useless shell.
一片無用的貝殼的僞裝。
n.|excuse/display/blind;借口;虛假;炫耀;自吹(等于pretence)
Pretense(英式英語中常拼寫為pretence)是一個名詞,核心含義指虛假的表現或聲稱,通常用于掩蓋真實情況、意圖或感受。其詳細含義可歸納為以下兩點:
假裝的行為或狀态:
虛假的借口或托詞:
關鍵點與辨析:
under (the) pretense of (doing) something
: 以...為借口/幌子(去做某事)。例如:He entered the building under the pretense of making a delivery.
(他以送貨為借口進入大樓。)make a pretense of (doing) something
: 假裝(做)某事。例如:She made a pretense of studying while actually listening to music.
(她假裝在學習,實際上在聽音樂。)false pretense(s)
: (法律上常用) 虛假陳述,欺詐性借口(常用于詐騙罪中)。例如:He was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses.
(他被指控以欺詐手段獲取錢財。)總結來說,“pretense”描述的是一種為了欺騙或掩飾而故意呈現的虛假外表或聲稱,其本質在于缺乏真實性和誠意。
參考資料:
單詞pretense(美式拼寫;英式拼寫為pretence)的含義和用法如下:
Pretense 指假裝的行為或虛僞的表現,通常用來掩蓋真實意圖、情感或事實。例如:
源自拉丁語praetensus(“伸展、聲稱”),經古法語pretendre(“主張”)進入英語,最初表示“宣稱”,後逐漸帶有“虛假宣稱”的負面含義。
社交場景
用于描述禮貌性僞裝,例如:“She dropped the pretense of politeness and told him to leave.”(她不再假裝禮貌,直接讓他離開。)
文學與戲劇
指角色為達成目的而虛構身份或情節,例如:“The spy’s pretense as a journalist fooled everyone.”(間諜僞裝成記者,騙過了所有人。)
負面含義
強調虛僞或欺騙,例如:“His apology was just a pretense to avoid punishment.”(他的道歉隻是逃避懲罰的借口。)
如果需要更權威的釋義或例句,建議查閱《牛津英語詞典》或《韋氏詞典》。
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