1.〈美〉同“pretence”
1.<AmE>Same as pretence
2.a way of behaving that does not honestly express your real feelings, thoughts, or intentions
1."Yes, " she said, and she began to giggle again, sheepishly, and with a pretense of being coy.
“是埃”说着她又傻笑开了，很忸怩，作出一副害羞的样子。
2.Filmmaker: And giving up the pretense to objectivity must be part of that sense of freedom.
电影人：那么，抛开客观的伪装肯定也是这种自由感中的一部分。
3.The collapse of Fannie and Freddie took with it the pretense that the government could do so at no risk to taxpayers, he said.
他说：随着弗雷德马克和范妮梅公司的倒闭，政府说可以做到消除纳税人风险的谎言也随之破产。
4.so, it is not necessary to worry about this. complaining is a pretense of the failure.
所以，没有必要担心这样的事情。抱怨社会分配不公平，这是失败人的借口。
5.But last week's message said the South may use the Cheonan incident as a pretense for war, Hyun said.
但HyunIn-hye说，上周的指令称，韩国可能会以“天安”号事件为借口挑起战争。
6.It would be unkind to say that Taft took the presidency under false pretense .
要说塔夫脱是靠说假话取得总统职位，未免刻薄。
7.He said what was true, without any pretense, no matter what the consequences.
不论什么后果，他都说实话不做作。
8.But under all of his fancy pretense and expensive garb, he was just a big fat slob.
但是在他所有表面的炫耀与昂贵的服装下，他只是一个又大又胖的粗俗汉。
9.Yet, in most cases, those giving out grant money want at least the pretense of a long-term research plan.
但是，很多时候，那些掏钱的，总是希望至少能够看到一个长期的研究计划。
10.It needed to be fully itself, with no pretense or gesture of compromise toward the natural predilections of the male libido.
它需要有完全的自我存在性，不沾染一丝向自然男性欲望的偏爱相与妥协的做作或姿态。