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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   pretense

   • IPA[prēˈtens]

   美式

   • n.
     an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true；a false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions

   • noun: pretence, plural noun: pretences

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true his anger is masked by a pretense that all is well they have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretense 同義詞 make-believe, act, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, ... 更多shamming, sham, faking, feigning, simulation, falsification, dissimulation, invention, imagination, self-deception, playacting, posturing, posture, posing, pose, cant, attitudinizing, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, fraud, hoax, fraudulence, fabrication, duplicity, artifice, subterfuge, treachery, trickery, dishonesty, hypocrisy, falsity, lying, mendacity, lack of veracity, false colours, informalkidology, raresimulacrum, false show, show, semblance, affectation, false appearance, appearance, outward appearance, impression, image, front, false front, guise, color, facade, display, posture, pose, masquerade, mask, cloak, veil, veneer, smokescreen, camouflage, cover, travesty, parody, charade, archaicsnivel反義詞 reality, honesty
   • ▪ a false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions he asked me questions without any pretense at politeness
   • ▪ the practice of inventing imaginary situations in play before the age of two, children start to engage in pretense
   • ▪ affected and ostentatious speech and behavior they have always avoided preciousness and pretense 同義詞 pretentiousness, display, ostentation, affectation, showiness, ... 更多flaunting, posturing, posing, humbug
   • 2. a claim, especially a false or ambitious one he was quick to disclaim any pretense to superiority 同義詞 claim, aspiration, purporting, profession