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单词

pretence

读音
prɪˈtens
美式 ˈpriːtens
英式 prɪˈtens
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释义

["n. 假装;借口;虚伪\n \n [\n 复数\n pretences\n ]"]

例句

She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
她无法继续假装爱他了。
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。
By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.
到晚会结束时,她已将假装的兴趣抛得一干二净。
When she bosses him around as his 'teacher', she's practising how to regulate her emotions through pretence

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出国,其他

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