名词借口; 假装; （无事实根据的）要求; 自称

2. pretense的解释

名词

1. You can't keep up the pretense any longer.
你无法继续伪装下去了。

1. 借口：pretender 冒牌者 | pretense 借口 | pretension 借口

2. 虚伪：pretend 假装 | pretense 虚伪 | pretty 漂亮

3. 借口,伪装：He pretends to be poor. 他装出一副可怜的样子. | pretense 借口,伪装 | He can't keep up the pretense any longer. 他再也伪装不下去了.

1. - see pretence

noun

1. the act of giving a false appearance

e.g. his conformity was only pretending

Synonym: pretencepretendingsimulationfeigning

2. an artful or simulated semblance

e.g. under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Synonym: guisepretencepretext

3. a false or unsupportable quality

Synonym: pretensionpretence

4. imaginative intellectual play

Synonym: pretencemake-believe

5. pretending with intention to deceive

Synonym: pretencefeigningdissembling