Sự giả vờ, sự giả cách; sự làm ra vẻ

to make pretence of doing something

giả bộ làm gì

a pretence of strength

sự làm ra vẻ mạnh mẽ

Cớ, lý do không thành thật

under the pretence of

lấy cớ là

Sự đòi hỏi, yêu sách (công trạng, vinh dự..). điều kỳ vọng; tính khoe khoang, tính tự phụ

to make no pretence of something

không đòi hỏi cái gì, không kỳ vọng cái gì

a man without pretence

người không có tính khoe khoang

on/under false pretences

lừa đảo

N.

Show, display, pretension, ostentation, airs, front,fa‡ade, appearance, make-believe, fiction, hypocrisy, fakery,faking, feigning, humbuggery, humbug, deception, artifice,pretext, posturing, pretentiousness, pretending, camouflage,cover-up: Her charming manner was all pretence, for in realityshe despised him. 2 hoax, humbug, artifice, pretext, sham, show,pose, fa‡ade, front, cover-up, cover, cloak, veil, mask,masquerade, disguise, guise, deception, ruse, dodge, blind,fabrication, invention, fiction, story, fable, make-believe,fairy tale, figment, falsification, impression: His loyalty wasa pretence under which he carried on many liaisons.

Excuse,pretext, pretension: They would ring for the butler on theslightest pretence, just to impress us.

N.

(US pretense) 1 pretending, make-believe.

A a pretext orexcuse (on the slightest pretence). b a false show ofintentions or motives (under the pretence of friendship; underfalse pretences).

(foll. by to) a claim, esp. a false orambitious one (has no pretence to any great talent).

Aaffectation, display. b pretentiousness, ostentation (strippedof all pretence). [ME f. AF pretense ult. f. med.L pretensuspretended (as PRETEND)]