pretenses

英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]

美 [priˈtɛnsɪz]

n.  借口；假装；伪称
pretense的复数

双语例句

• It soon becomes apparent that not only is Annie too poor to keep up pretenses, she's so depressed it's impossible to get into the mood, especially with Helen jabbing at her along the way.
  一切很快变得明朗起来，安妮经济条件实在太差，根本没法再伪装下去；而且她那么抑郁，压根儿就进入不了状态，特别是这一路走来还有一个海伦对她指指点点。
• And false pretenses became a way of life.
  虚假借口则成了生活的一部分。
• You lured me here under false pretenses.
  你用藉口把我骗到这里来。
• Neither predatory lending nor the selling of mortgages on false pretenses caused the crisis.
  引起危机的根源即不是掠夺性借贷，也不是在虚假的前提下销售抵押产品。
• You obtained this job under false pretenses.
  你是靠欺诈得到了这份工作的。
• 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。
• Until these qualities of truth and courage are generated, we will be vulnerable to our own pretenses and fabrications.
  在我们生起这些真实和勇气的特质之前，我们仍然容易受害于我们自己的虚伪和造作。
• 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。
• And sold them under false pretenses.
  并以伪造死因销售出去。
• 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。