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单词 pretense
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pretensenoun [ U ]

uk/prɪˈtens//prɪˈtens/

US spelling of pretence

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Faking & pretending

  • a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
  • affect
  • assume
  • believe
  • bluff
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • falsify
  • feign
  • fraud
  • go through the motions idiom
  • guise
  • phoney
  • play at sth
  • play possum idiom
  • play sth out
  • play-acting
  • professed
  • purport
  • quack

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pretensenoun [ U ]

us/prɪˈtens, ˈpri·tens/

a way of behaving that is intended to deceive people:

He made no pretense of looking for work.
[ pl ] Money was collected under false pretenses (= by deceiving people).
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