| 释义 |
preˈtenceless, a.
[f. as prec. + -less.]
Without any pretence of reason; without excuse.
1641Milton Reform. ii. Wks. 1851 III. 41 What Rebellions, and those the basest, and most pretenselesse have they not been chiefe in? 1817Bentham Parl. Reform Introd. 26 Oh! pretenceless and inhuman tyranny! 1818― Ch. Eng. 352 The number of these pretenceless instances of dereliction of duty is more than half as great again as in either of the two preceding years. |