| 单词 | pretense |
| 释义 | pretense (once / 378 pages) n When you operate under a pretense, you're not being honest. You're pretending. If you say you're going to a party because you’re eager to see your friend, but really you're just interested in the birthday cake, you’re acting on pretense. Pretense involves deceiving on purpose, and it's usually something you shouldn’t be proud of. Under the pretense of being a college student, you might sneak into a library restricted to enrolled students. That’s dishonest and deceitful. But pretense isn’t always bad. You might not want to hurt your mother’s feelings, so you make a pretense of loving her tuna casserole, even though you’re trying not to gag on it. WORD FAMILYpretense: pretenses, pretension, pretentious+/pretension: pretensions/pretentious: pretentiously, pretentiousness, unpretentious/unpretentious: unpretentiously, unpretentiousness USAGE EXAMPLESThe owner of the Spruce Hill Inn told the paper the venue was rented “under false pretenses” and he expected a small party. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) This knowledge results in some genuine illiberalism, in an effort to keep up the pretense that Israel is both a democracy and a Jewish-majority state. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) Any pretense of Siatta as a threat to visitors fell away. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the act of giving a false appearance Syn|Hypo|Hyper feigning, pretence, pretending, simulation appearance, show pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression make-believe, pretendthe enactment of a pretense affectation, affectedness, mannerism, posea deliberate pretense or exaggerated display masquerademaking a false outward show attitudea theatrical pose created for effect radical chican affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation the act of deceiving 2n pretending with intention to deceive Syn|Hypo|Hyper dissembling, feigning, pretence bluff pretense that your position is stronger than it really is pretext, stalking-horsesomething serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason hypocrisy, lip servicean expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction putoffa pretext for delay or inaction crocodile tearsa hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood 3n a false or unsupportable quality Syn|Hyper pretence, pretension artificiality the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally 4n an artful or simulated semblance Syn|Hyper guise, pretence, pretext color, colour, gloss, semblance an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading 5n imaginative intellectual play Syn|Hyper make-believe, pretence imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery the ability to form mental images of things or events |
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