pretense

noun

/prɪˈtens/

/ˈpriːtens/

(North American English)

(British English pretence)

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[uncountable, singular] the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true
- Their friendliness was only pretense.
- pretense of doing something By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretense of being interested.
- pretense of something He made no pretense of great musical knowledge.
- pretense that… She was unable to keep up the pretense that she loved him.
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal or literary) a claim that you have a particular quality or skill
- pretense (to something) a woman with some pretense to beauty
- pretense (to doing something) I make no pretense to being an expert on the subject.

单词	pretense
释义	pretense noun /prɪˈtens/ /ˈpriːtens/ (North American English) (British English pretence) jump to other results [uncountable, singular] the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true Their friendliness was only pretense. pretense of doing something By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretense of being interested. pretense of something He made no pretense of great musical knowledge. pretense that… She was unable to keep up the pretense that she loved him. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal or literary) a claim that you have a particular quality or skill pretense (to something) a woman with some pretense to beauty pretense (to doing something) I make no pretense to being an expert on the subject.
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