English translation for "pretence"

[ pri'tens ] 
n.
1.借口，口实，托辞，假托。
2.假装，假做作，虚伪。
3.虚饰，虚装门面。
4.(无理的)要求，虚假的理由 (to)。
5.自命，自称；自吹。
6.〔罕用语〕目的，企图。
短语和例子
He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health. 他想托病辞职。 There are no pretences about him. 他一点不虚伪。 devoid of all pretence 毫不虚伪[不做作]地。 false pretences 【法律】欺诈(手段)。 make a pretence of ... 假装，装做…。 on the pretenceof ＝ under (the) pretence of 托辞，借口，拿…做口实。 on the slightest pretence 借着一点点口实。

Example Sentences:

	1.	I hate such shallow false pretences . 我讨厌这种肤浅，虚伪的做作。
	2.	Arthur believed that this was just a pretence . 阿瑟认为这仅仅是一种掩饰。
	3.	These embraces were a vain pretence . 这类拥护完全是故作姿态。
	4.	Your plea of old age is only a pretence . 您借口说您年纪老了，这不过是托辞。
	5.	The prosperity would seem to indicate a pretence . 表面上的繁荣不过是个幌子。
	6.	A pretence is the cloak of secret . 矫饰是秘密的外衣。
	7.	He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health . 他想托病辞职。
	8.	There are no pretences about him . 他一点不虚伪。
	9.	He is always making pretences . 他总是找借口。
	10.	They are making a pretence of equity with serious faces . 他们板起面孔，装作大公无私的样子。

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