pretence /prɪˈtɛns/ TEM4

[英国英语]

AM pretense

• 1. 

  N-VAR A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. 假装

  例：

  He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau.

  他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。

  例：

  On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese.

  在审问的第8天，她不再假装她是日本人。

• 2. 

  PHRASE →see false pretences