"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
"his conformity was only pretending"
1.假装；做作；矫饰
Apretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true.
e.g. Welland made apretence of writing a note in his pad...
韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
e.g. We have to go along with thepretence that things are getting better...
我们只得一直假装情形在好转。
2.以虚假的借口；以欺骗的手段
If you do somethingunder false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions.
e.g. I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...
我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。
e.g. Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.
康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。
1. 假装：其要点是,谈论虚构事物的语句应该理解为一种在假装(pretence)意义上的语言行为,即参与言谈的各方共同地假装某物存在,或假装某物为其它一些事物. 比如,在儿童游戏中,儿童们假装一个沙发是一座大山等等. 这种解释接触到了虚构事物不必存在,
2. 伪装：muscadel 葡萄酒的一种 |pretence 伪装 | domestic aerial (卫星广播)家用(电视)接收天线
3. 假装;托词：pretectonic 构造期前的 |pretence 假装;托词 | pretension spring 预应力弹簧
4. pretence的翻译
4. 借口,假装,自吹：Pretense借口,假装,自吹 |pretence 借口,假装,自吹 | Unflagging 不减弱的,不垂头丧气的
他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。
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。
He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.他未敢妄称音乐知识丰富。
She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.她无法继续假装爱他了。
a woman with some pretence to beauty自诩有几分姿色的女人
I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。
We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better...我们只得一直假装情形在好转。
I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences...我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。
Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。
You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.你不应该以一点点借口就责骂他.
Julie made a pretence to feel for the key.她说道.
He didn't like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest.他不喜欢这道菜, 但因为他是客人,所以假装吃了一些.
But then why persist with the pretence , particularly if it drains a company's efficiency?此种做法已是妨碍了公司效率,又为什麽要自欺欺人?
She made no pretence , she was perfectly natural.她一点不矫揉造作, 而是非常自然.
What about your not paying with a pretence of bad quality?你们收到货后以质量为由不付款 怎么办 ?
Billy made a pretence to be ill.比利装病.
With one remark he had ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities.他一针见血地揭穿了他们掩饰自己的伪装.
His religion was a mere pretence.他信教纯属假充样子.
Isn't long enough for all that lying and pretence.是不是足够长的一切撒谎和幌子.
There is no pretence that qualifying was a success.这个排位一点也不成功.
The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.那学说号称最具有科学基础.
He wished to be relieved of his post on the pretence of ill health.他想托病辞职.
The family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally . With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while , making a pretence of affluence.一家人全靠他在外面讹个钱,诈个财, 吃点好的,穿点好的, 装门面.
His way of life is all pretence.他的生活方式全是假装.
Which devour widows'houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.他们侵吞寡妇的家产 、 假意作很长的祷告.这些人要受更重的刑罚.
They are making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might.他们板起面孔, 像演员一样,装出大公无私的样子.
Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary.不消三十秒,所有借口全成了多余的废物.
Arthur believed that this was just a pretence.阿瑟认为这仅仅是一种掩饰.
Marlborough..politely showed that the pretence was unreasonable.
出自：Ld Macaulay
