pretence
noun[U]
UK(USpretense)uk/prɪˈtens/us/prɪˈtens/a way ofbehavingthat isintendedtodeceivepeople:
假装；伪称；虚伪的表现Shemadeabsolutelynopretence of beinginterested.她毫不掩饰自己丝毫不感兴趣。
Theykeptup(=continued)a pretence ofnormalityaslongas they could.他们尽可能地继续装作一切正常。
Thearmyhas given up any pretence ofneutralityin thewar.军队已放弃了在战争中的中立伪装。
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- massage
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- professed
- purport
- quack