pretenses

英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]

美 [priˈtɛnsɪz]

n.  借口；假装；伪称
pretense的复数

双语例句

• For some time I've been intending to tell you to stop your elaborate pretenses and drink openly if you want to.
  有个时候我一直想告诉你不用千方百计地掩饰了，要喝就公开喝吧。
• Ben: I swear I didn't lure you here under false pretenses.
  那好吧，等你找到了再给我打电话。
• You lured me here under false pretenses.
  你用藉口把我骗到这里来。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.
  他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。
• You obtained this job under false pretenses.
  你是靠欺诈得到了这份工作的。
• And false pretenses became a way of life.
  虚假借口则成了生活的一部分。
• The money was obtained under false pretenses.
  这笔钱是用欺诈手段获得的。
• Several characters are spies, traveling under false names and pretenses.
  许多角色都是间谍，在假名和虚伪包装下旅行。
• What makes me most happy is what comes from within myself or simply being me without false pretenses.
  真正让我开心是内心存在的一些东西或者是简简单单做自己毫不伪装。
• We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.
  我们不会被他们伪装的虔诚所欺骗。