| 单词 | pretender |
| 释义 | pretender (once / 5071 pages) n WORD FAMILY pretender: pretenders+/pretend: pretended, pretendedly, pretender, pretending, pretendingly, pretends/pretending: pretendings, unpretending/unpretending: unpretendingly USAGE EXAMPLESThese books are not middlebrow; that is, they are not earnest pretenders to art and edification. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) The Eagles play like a contender at home and like a pretender on the road. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) “There’s only a certain amount of mileage you can make, as a young pretender, as a leading man, as a homosexual,” Everett said. Salon(Nov 01, 2016) 1n a person who makes deceitful pretenses Syn|Hypo|Hyper fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer name dropper someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringera contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true 2n a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives Syn|Hypo|Hyper dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker someone with an assured and ingratiating manner Tartufe, Tartuffea hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) whited sepulcher, whited sepulchrea person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true Pretender (once / 10985 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pretender: Pretenders USAGE EXAMPLESNicks appears Sunday, Dec. 11, at KeyArena with the Pretenders as special guests. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) Hynde is the only original band member to appear on the Pretenders’ new record. The Guardian(Nov 09, 2016) For a while he became the most illustrious hired hand in the business, playing with Paul McCartney, the Pretenders and U2. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) n a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) Hyper claimant someone who claims a benefit or right or title |
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