| 单词 | pretense |
| 释义 | pretense noun[U] uk/prɪˈtens/us/prɪˈtens/USspelling ofpretence （pretence的美式拼写）Faking & pretending
pretense| American Dictionarypretense noun[U] us/prɪˈtens,ˈpri·tens/a way ofbehavingthat isintendedtodeceivepeople: He made no pretense oflookingforwork. [pl]Money wascollectedunderfalsepretenses(= bydeceivingpeople). Examplesofpretensepretense Whereas authentication concerns the construction of a true or veridical identity, denaturalization foregrounds untruth,pretense, and imposture in identity positioning. From theCambridge English Corpus As with the echoic model, characteristics of thepretenseand theater models are preserved by a framing account. From theCambridge English Corpus The irony thus becomes evident only on the second reading (thepretensemodel would claim that, on the first reading, we are the "uninitiated audience"). From theCambridge English Corpus We provide examples of similar claims in research on the development of the perception of emotion,pretenseunderstanding, autobiographical memory, and event knowledge. From theCambridge English Corpus We provide examples of similar claims in research on emotion perception,pretenseunderstanding, autobiographical memory, and event knowledge. From theCambridge English Corpus But, as with traditional ethnographic writing, thepretenseto being there is usually not what it appears. From theCambridge English Corpus You see there is apretensethis is just a naval station and you never know which is thepretense: spaceship or navy. From theCambridge English Corpus To prevent anyone from taking refuge in thepretenseof ignorance. From theCambridge English Corpus If rights were usurped, as the critics had predicted, it would provide thempretensefor a political comeback. From theCambridge English Corpus As withpretense, religious acts of faith involve exaggerated gestures that are intended to connote a situation that goes beyond the one perceptually manifest. From theCambridge English Corpus Metarepresentation is involved inpretensewhen a participant expresses awareness of his or her own or the play partner's pretend intentions. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet thepretensetheory is at as much of a loss as the echoic theory when confronted by such varied instantiations. From theCambridge English Corpus Thispretenseis manifested by the use of normative language that officials characteristically employ when they car r y out their official duties. From theCambridge English Corpus Without anypretenseto a comprehensive account let us mention some of the highlights. From theCambridge English Corpus We both k new it was apretense, and that his time was drawing near. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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