pretence

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pretence n.

偽裝

習慣用語

devoid of all pretence 毫不做作地

If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate up the frying-pan. [諺]欲加之罪, 何患無詞。

make a pretence of 假裝

make no pretence to [at] 不以...自居

make no pretence with 不假裝

false pretences 【律】欺詐手段[行為], 欺騙

on [under] false pretences 以欺詐手段, 以虛偽藉口

under the pretence of 以...為藉口, 在...幌子下