pretence

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pretence 是什么意思

中文释义: n. 假装, 虚伪, 借口, 自称, 要求; [法] 假装, 借口, 托词
英文释义: n a false or unsupportable quality; n an artful or simulated semblance; n pretending with intention to deceive; n imaginative intellectual play; n the act of giving a false appearance

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 pretence 在自然语境里怎么用：

I was elected under the pretence that I was a genius; the man who brought forth the miracle of everlasting life.
—— Ozymandias undead

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