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单词

pretense

读音
ˈpriːtens
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释义

n. 借口;虚假;炫耀;自吹(等于pretence) [ 复数 pretenses ]

例句

Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms.
他们抛开一切佯装的理性,开始胁迫进行民主改革。
Altman strips away the pretense and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other.
奥尔特曼揭穿伪装和神话,把电影业暴露成像其他任何行业一样。
Altman strips away the pretense and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other, dedicated to the pursuit of profit.
奥尔特曼揭去电影业的伪装和神话,揭示了其与任何行业一样追逐利润的本质。

强化记忆

看视频学发音
What Feynman hated worse than anything elsewas intellectual pretense --phoniness,
(Laughter)With no pretense at all.And this meant that we were able to commit to each other
This is was the problem: transparency --free from pretense or deceit;easily detected or seen through;
But what this means actuallyis that there's a pretense.There's no real, true balancing going on,
hatched another plot.Under the false pretense that this new constitutionendangered American property and lives,
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