pretence [ˈpriˌtɛns, prɪˈtɛns]

例句:

• Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.
  她假装点蜡烛，避开他消失了。
  
• The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.
  这个剧作家与世隔绝，生活在一个虚幻的世界里。
  
• The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
  政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
  
• Marlborough...politely showed that the pretence was unreasonable.
  来自Ld Macaulay
• It doesn't really matter that everybody sees through the pretence these days.
  来自THETIMES
• He determined to quit her, if he could but find a handsome pretence.
  来自Henry Fielding