guise
noun[U]
uk/ɡaɪz/us/ɡaɪz/theappearanceof someone or something,especiallywhenintendedtodeceive:
(尤指为了欺骗而装出的)外表,表现形式;伪装The men whoarrivedin theguiseofdrugdealerswereactuallyundercoverpoliceofficers.以毒贩身份到来的人实际上是卧底警察。
Thecompanyhas beenaccusedoftryingtoselltheirproductsunder theguiseofmarketresearch.这家公司被指控试图打着市场调研的幌子销售其产品。
Synonyms
pretence
pretext
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quack