1·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·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。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·We both know he isn't called Ben Lopez, but we maintain the pretence.
我们都知道他不叫本-洛佩兹，但是我们继续假装。
4·Pretence, shame, pain, guilt, anger - the stories tumble out.
假装、羞耻、痛苦、内疚、愤怒——统统从故事里倾倒出来。
5·His friendliness was only pretence.
他的友好只是假装。
1·But its members yesterday tore up any pretence that people have a right to know what they are eating.
但是该理事会成员昨日否决了任何人们有权利知道自己吃的是什么的借口。
2·The employer often scolded his men on the slightest pretence.
这个老板常常以一点点借口就责骂他的员工。
3·Let this salutary decree be frequently published in churches, so that nobody may find the pretence of an excuse in the blindness of ignorance.
让这个有益的法令经常刊登在教堂，所以任何人都可以找到借口的借口在失明的无知。
4·In a coruscating note entitled "the night they killed Santa", he fretted that any pretence of fiscal probity had been discarded.
在一份名为“杀死圣诞老人之夜”引人注目的文章中，他痛心疾首于任何财政廉洁的借口都已被废弃。
5·The boy didn't take the exam under the pretence of sickness.
那个男孩借口生病没有参加考试。
1·So far the euro zone’s response has relied too much on two things: austerity and pretence.
迄今为止，欧元区给出的答案就是过重地仰仗两样事物：紧缩和虚伪。
2·There is plenty of pretence in life, but we can see the truth hidden behind this pretence.
在生活当中有很多伪装，但是我们可以从这些虚伪中看到隐藏在背后的真实。