pretenses

英 [prɪˈtɛnsɪz]

美 [priˈtɛnsɪz]

n.  借口；假装；伪称
pretense的复数

双语例句

• You obtained this job under false pretenses.
  你是靠欺诈得到了这份工作的。
• 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。
• And false pretenses became a way of life.
  虚假借口则成了生活的一部分。
• You lured me here under false pretenses.
  你用藉口把我骗到这里来。
• 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。
• We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.
  我们不会被他们伪装的虔诚所欺骗。
• What makes me most happy is what comes from within myself or simply being me without false pretenses.
  真正让我开心是内心存在的一些东西或者是简简单单做自己毫不伪装。
• Neither predatory lending nor the selling of mortgages on false pretenses caused the crisis.
  引起危机的根源即不是掠夺性借贷，也不是在虚假的前提下销售抵押产品。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.
  他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。
• The money was obtained under false pretenses.
  这笔钱是用欺诈手段获得的。