名词

1. You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.
你不应该以一点点借口就责骂他。

1. 假装：其要点是,谈论虚构事物的语句应该理解为一种在假装(pretence)意义上的语言行为,即参与言谈的各方共同地假装某物存在,或假装某物为其它一些事物. 比如,在儿童游戏中,儿童们假装一个沙发是一座大山等等. 这种解释接触到了虚构事物不必存在,

2. 伪装：muscadel 葡萄酒的一种 | pretence 伪装 | domestic aerial (卫星广播)家用(电视)接收天线

3. 假装;托词：pretectonic 构造期前的 | pretence 假装;托词 | pretension spring 预应力弹簧

4. 借口,假装,自吹：Pretense借口,假装,自吹 | Pretence 借口,假装,自吹 | Unflagging 不减弱的,不垂头丧气的

noun

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