pretense
pretense 英 美 ['pritɛns]
n. 借口
名词复数:pretenses
- 请先登录
- n. 借口
-
1. Countries which prefer to rely on America are happy to maintain the pretense.
而倾向依赖于美国的国家也乐意保持这种虚假。
-
2. My own hunch is that even babies have some limited grasp of pretense, and you can see this from casual interaction.
我本人的猜测是，连婴儿都对虚假有一定程度的理解，你从随意的接触中就能看出来。
-
3. Using as little pretense as possible (ideally none), ask the person if he or she would like to get together for a cup of coffee or do something similarly casual.
在问对方是否愿意出来喝杯咖啡或做一些其他类似的事情的时候，尽量不要用虚伪的借口（理想中应该是一点虚假也没有）。
- pretense (n.) also pretence, early 15c., "the putting forth of a claim," from Anglo-French pretensse, Middle French pretensse (Modern French prétense), from Medieval Latin noun use of fem. of Late Latin praetensus, altered from Latin praetentus, past participle of praetendere (see pretend). Meaning "false or hypocritical profession" is from 1540s.
- 请先登录
0 个回复