名詞 pretense:

1. the act of giving a false appearance
   同義詞：pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
2. pretending with intention to deceive
   同義詞：pretence, feigning, dissembling
3. imaginative intellectual play
   同義詞：pretence, make-believe
4. a false or unsupportable quality
   同義詞：pretension, pretence
5. an artful or simulated semblance
   同義詞：guise, pretence, pretext

1. The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.
   虛構(gòu)，捏造虛構(gòu)作品或捏造借口的行為
2. Playful or fanciful pretense.
   好玩的或者古怪的裝扮
3. An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.
   捏造，想象虛構(gòu)的作品或托詞，并不代表是真實(shí)的，而是被編造出來(lái)的
4. It is merely a pretense.
   這只是托詞而已。

pre.tense

n.（名詞）
The act of pretending; a false appearance or action intended to deceive.
虛假，偽裝：偽裝的動(dòng)作；欲想欺騙的虛假的外表或動(dòng)作
A false or studied show; an affectation:
假意：虛假或假意的表示；假裝：
例句：
a pretense of nonchalance.
偽裝的冷漠

A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
借口：聲明虛假的原因或理由；借口，托詞：
例句：
under false pretenses.
在虛假的借口下

Something imagined or pretended.
憑空捏造：想象出來(lái)或偽造出來(lái)的東西
Mere show without reality; outward appearance.
空洞：只是賣弄而毫無(wú)實(shí)質(zhì)內(nèi)容；外在的表現(xiàn)
A right asserted with or without foundation; a claim.See Synonyms at claim
有或無(wú)根據(jù)的權(quán)利；要求參見 claim
The quality or state of being pretentious; ostentation.
炫耀：矯飾的品質(zhì)或狀態(tài)；炫耀

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French pretensse
源自 古法語(yǔ) pretensse
from Medieval Latin *praetônsa
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) *praetônsa
from Late Latin [feminine of] praetônsus
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) [] praetônsus的陰性詞
alteration of Latin praetentus [past participle of] praetendere [to pretend, assert] * see pretend
拉丁語(yǔ) praetentus的變化 [] praetendere的過去分詞 [假裝，斷言] *參見 pretend