pretense
🇺🇸
/ˈpriːtens/
🇬🇧
/prɪˈtens/
noun
R
acting in a way to make others believe something false
She kept up the pretense of being happy even though she was sad.
儘管她很傷心，但她仍然保持著假裝快樂的樣子。
R
claiming to have a quality or skill
He made a pretense of knowing the answer when he did not.
他明明不知道答案，卻假裝知道。
translation
假裝, 聲稱
詞形變化
Plural
pretenses