pretence
n . 假装,虚伪,借口,自称,要求
假装,虚伪,藉口,自称,要求
pretence n 1 :
a false or unsupportable quality [
synonym : {
pretension },
{
pretense }, {
pretence }]
2 :
an artful or simulated semblance ; "
under the guise of friendship he betrayed them " [
synonym : {
guise }, {
pretense },
{
pretence }, {
pretext }]
3 :
pretending with intention to deceive [
synonym : {
pretense },
{
pretence }, {
feigning }, {
dissembling }]
4 :
imaginative intellectual play [
synonym : {
pretense }, {
pretence },
{
make -
believe }]
5 :
the act of giving a false appearance ; "
his conformity was only pretending " [
synonym : {
pretense }, {
pretence }, {
pretending },
{
simulation }, {
feigning }]
Pretence \
Pre *
tence "\,
n .,
Pretenceful \
Pre *
tence "
ful \,
a .,
Pretenceless \
Pre *
tence "*
less \,
a .
See {
Pretense }, {
Pretenseful }, {
Pretenseless }.
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1913 Webster ]
Pretense \
Pre *
tense "\,
Pretence \
Pre *
tence \,
n . [
LL .
praetensus ,
for L .
praetentus ,
p .
p .
of praetendere .
See {
Pretend },
and cf . {
Tension }.]
1 .
The act of laying claim ;
the claim laid ;
assumption ;
pretension . --
Spenser .
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Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power . --
Locke .
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I went to Lambeth with Sir R .
Brown '
s pretense to the wardenship of Merton College ,
Oxford . --
Evelyn .
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2 .
The act of holding out ,
or offering ,
to others something false or feigned ;
presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical ;
deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real ;
false show ;
simulation ;
as ,
pretense of illness ;
under pretense of patriotism ;
on pretense of revenging C [
ae ]
sar '
s death .
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3 .
That which is pretended ;
false ,
deceptive ,
or hypocritical show ,
argument ,
or reason ;
pretext ;
feint .
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Let not the Trojans ,
with a feigned pretense Of proffered peace ,
delude the Latian prince .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
Intention ;
design . [
Obs .]
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A very pretense and purpose of unkindness . --
Shak .
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Note :
See the {
Note }
under {
Offense }.
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Syn :
Mask ;
appearance ;
color ;
show ;
pretext ;
excuse .
Usage : {
Pretense }, {
Pretext }.
A pretense is something held out as real when it is not so ,
thus falsifying the truth .
A pretext is something woven up in order to cover or conceal one '
s true motives ,
feelings ,
or reasons .
Pretext is often ,
but not always ,
used in a bad sense .
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1913 Webster ]
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pretence ":
airs ,
appearance ,
artifice ,
blind ,
camouflage ,
cloak ,
cover ,
cover -
up ,
deception ,
disguise ,
display ,
dodge ,
excuse ,
fable ,
fabrication ,
facade ,
fairy tale ,
fakery ,
faking ,
falsification ,
feigning ,
fiction ,
figment ,
front ,
guise ,
hoax ,
humbug ,
humbuggery ,
hypocrisy ,
impression ,
invention ,
make -
believe ,
mask ,
masquerade ,
ostentation ,
pose ,
posturing ,
pretending ,
pretension ,
pretentiousness ,
pretext ,
ruse ,
sham ,
show ,
story ,
veil
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