pretense

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托福

n. the act of giving a false appearance
n. pretending with intention to deceive
n. imaginative intellectual play

n. 借口, 虚假, 伪装

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pretense 由前缀 pre-（表示“在…之前”）和词根 tense（表示“拉紧”或“张力”）组成，整体意思为“先行的张力”，可以理解为一种表象或伪装。

例句

1. She smiled at him, but it was just a pretense to hide her true feelings.

她对他微笑，但这只是掩盖她真实感受的假象。

2. His confidence was only a pretense; he was actually very nervous.

他的自信只是个假象；他实际上非常紧张。

3. The pretense of friendship disappeared when they had a disagreement.

当他们发生争执时，友谊的假象消失了。