pretence
英 /pri'tens/
中文釋義
n. 虛僞；藉口
n. a false display of feelings or intentions.
常用搭配
- maintain a pretence維持假象
- drop the pretence撤下僞裝
- live in pretence活在虛僞中
例句
- She smiled, but it was all a pretence.她面帶微笑，但全是裝出來的。
- The manager gave up the pretence that layoffs were unlikely.經理不再假裝裁員不太可能發生。