n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰;
例句:
Billy made a pretence to be ill.
比利装病.
There is no pretence that qualifying was a success.
这个排位一点也不成功.
Arthur believed that this was just a pretence.
阿瑟认为这仅仅是一种掩饰.