单词音标：
【音标】 [pri'tens]
汉语翻译
n. 假装, 虚伪, 借口, 自称, 要求【法】 假装, 借口, 托词
相关词组:
make a pretence of
英语解释：
名词 pretence:
- a false or unsupportable quality同义词：pretension, pretense
- an artful or simulated semblance同义词：guise, pretense, pretext
- pretending with intention to deceive同义词：pretense, feigning, dissembling
- imaginative intellectual play同义词：pretense, make-believe
- the act of giving a false appearance同义词：pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning
例句：
- The boy didn't take the exam under the pretence of sickness.那个男孩藉口生病没有参加考试。
- Don't listen to his pretences; he is lying.别听他的种种藉口，他在撒谎。
- You can't keep up the pretence any longer.你不能再假装下去了。
详细解释：
pre.tence
n.Chiefly British （名词）【多用于英国】 Variant of pretense pretense的变体
