名词

1. the act of giving a false appearance

e.g. his conformity was only pretending

Synonym: pretensepretendingsimulationfeigning

2. an artful or simulated semblance

e.g. under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Synonym: guisepretensepretext

3. a false or unsupportable quality

Synonym: pretensionpretense

4. imaginative intellectual play

Synonym: pretensemake-believe

5. pretending with intention to deceive

Synonym: pretensefeigningdissembling