pretense 音标拼音: [prit'ɛns]
n . 借口,虚假,伪装
藉口,虚假,伪装
pretense n 1 :
the act of giving a false appearance ; "
his conformity was only pretending " [
synonym : {
pretense }, {
pretence },
{
pretending }, {
simulation }, {
feigning }]
2 :
pretending with intention to deceive [
synonym : {
pretense },
{
pretence }, {
feigning }, {
dissembling }]
3 :
imaginative intellectual play [
synonym : {
pretense }, {
pretence },
{
make -
believe }]
4 :
a false or unsupportable quality [
synonym : {
pretension },
{
pretense }, {
pretence }]
5 :
an artful or simulated semblance ; "
under the guise of friendship he betrayed them " [
synonym : {
guise }, {
pretense },
{
pretence }, {
pretext }]
Pretense \
Pre *
tense "\,
Pretence \
Pre *
tence \,
n . [
LL .
praetensus ,
for L .
praetentus ,
p .
p .
of praetendere .
See {
Pretend },
and cf . {
Tension }.]
1 .
The act of laying claim ;
the claim laid ;
assumption ;
pretension . --
Spenser .
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Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power . --
Locke .
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I went to Lambeth with Sir R .
Brown '
s pretense to the wardenship of Merton College ,
Oxford . --
Evelyn .
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2 .
The act of holding out ,
or offering ,
to others something false or feigned ;
presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical ;
deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real ;
false show ;
simulation ;
as ,
pretense of illness ;
under pretense of patriotism ;
on pretense of revenging C [
ae ]
sar '
s death .
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3 .
That which is pretended ;
false ,
deceptive ,
or hypocritical show ,
argument ,
or reason ;
pretext ;
feint .
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Let not the Trojans ,
with a feigned pretense Of proffered peace ,
delude the Latian prince .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
Intention ;
design . [
Obs .]
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A very pretense and purpose of unkindness . --
Shak .
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Note :
See the {
Note }
under {
Offense }.
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Syn :
Mask ;
appearance ;
color ;
show ;
pretext ;
excuse .
Usage : {
Pretense }, {
Pretext }.
A pretense is something held out as real when it is not so ,
thus falsifying the truth .
A pretext is something woven up in order to cover or conceal one '
s true motives ,
feelings ,
or reasons .
Pretext is often ,
but not always ,
used in a bad sense .
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143 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pretense ":
acting ,
affectation ,
affectedness ,
air ,
airs ,
airs and graces ,
alibi ,
apology ,
appearance ,
appurtenance ,
artificiality ,
attitudinizing ,
authority ,
birthright ,
blind ,
bluff ,
bluffing ,
charade ,
cheating ,
claim ,
cloak ,
color ,
coloring ,
conjugal right ,
cover ,
cover story ,
cover -
up ,
deceit ,
deception ,
delusion ,
demand ,
device ,
disguise ,
dissemblance ,
dissembling ,
dissimulation ,
divine right ,
droit ,
due ,
excuse ,
explanation ,
facade ,
face ,
faculty ,
fake ,
fakery ,
faking ,
false air ,
false front ,
false show ,
falsity ,
feigned belief ,
feigning ,
feint ,
four -
flushing ,
fraud ,
front ,
gilt ,
gloss ,
guise ,
handle ,
humbug ,
humbuggery ,
hypocrisy ,
image ,
imposture ,
inalienable right ,
insincerity ,
interest ,
lame excuse ,
locus standi ,
loftiness ,
lofty affectations ,
make -
believe ,
mannerism ,
mask ,
masquerade ,
mere show ,
meretriciousness ,
natural right ,
ostensible motive ,
ostent ,
ostentation ,
ostentatiousness ,
outward show ,
pageant ,
playacting ,
poor excuse ,
pose ,
posing ,
posture ,
power ,
prerogative ,
prescription ,
presumptive right ,
pretension ,
pretentiousness ,
pretext ,
proper claim ,
property right ,
protestation ,
prunes and prisms ,
public image ,
public motive ,
put -
off ,
put -
on ,
putting on airs ,
rational ground ,
rationale ,
reason ,
reason for ,
reason why ,
refuge ,
representation ,
right ,
screen ,
seeming ,
semblance ,
sham ,
show ,
simulacrum ,
simulation ,
smoke screen ,
speciousness ,
stalking -
horse ,
stated cause ,
stratagem ,
stylishness ,
subterfuge ,
the big idea ,
the idea ,
the whatfor ,
the wherefore ,
the why ,
title ,
trick ,
underlying reason ,
unnaturalness ,
varnish ,
veil ,
vested interest ,
vested right ,
window dressing
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