pretenses

英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]

美 [priˈtɛnsɪz]

n.  借口；假装；伪称
pretense的复数

双语例句

• She accused him of fraud and invoked an Indian law that considers sex obtained under false pretenses, such as a marriage promise, as rape.
  她指控穆罕先生欺诈、犯了一项有关“以欺骗（如承诺婚姻等）实施的性行为被视为强奸”的印度法律。
• In this version, the group is invited, under false pretenses, to an isolated hotel in the Iranian desert.
  在这个影片当中，一群朋友被邀请到一个在伊朗沙漠中的一间孤立的旅馆。
• Several characters are spies, traveling under false names and pretenses.
  许多角色都是间谍，在假名和虚伪包装下旅行。
• You lured me here under false pretenses.
  你用藉口把我骗到这里来。
• We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.
  我们不会被他们伪装的虔诚所欺骗。
• Most of the Filipinos come to the city under false pretenses of teaching or touring, the newspaper said.
  报道称大部分菲律宾人以假装教学或旅游为由来此。
• Until these qualities of truth and courage are generated, we will be vulnerable to our own pretenses and fabrications.
  在我们生起这些真实和勇气的特质之前，我们仍然容易受害于我们自己的虚伪和造作。
• If we trust each other, we are willing to be open to each other and can shed masks and pretenses and reveal our true selves.
  如果我们彼此信任，我们就愿意敞开心扉，摘下面具，去掉伪装，显示我们真实的自我。
• And false pretenses became a way of life.
  虚假借口则成了生活的一部分。
• And sold them under false pretenses.
  并以伪造死因销售出去。