The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.

I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.

我小心翼翼地跟你谈话, 你用坦荡和真诚作答.

I have [ make ] no pretense to genius.

我不自命为天才.

You can't keep up the pretense any longer.

你无法继续伪装下去了.

The house was decorated without any pretense of showiness.

这房子的装饰一点不带显眼的虚饰.

They gave up the pretense of dancing, and her arms went around his neck.

他们放弃了假装跳舞, 她双臂抱住他的脖子.

An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.

虚构的作品或托词,并不代表是真实的,而是被编造出来的.

The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.

奥格尔维突然粗鲁地冲口而出, 所有假装的和蔼态度全没有了.

He cheated me under ( the ) pretense of friendship.

他 假借 友谊欺骗我.

Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.

弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家.

He made a pretense of affection [ of being affectionate ] .

他假装有 情.

Sir, look at this pretense of want of room.

先生, 瞧瞧这条缺少空间的借口吧.

He made a pretense of asking for my advice.

他装模作样地向我请教.

The window was open and I faced it, making a pretense of studying the landscape.

窗开着,我面对着她, 假装在研究地形.

What difference asas in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed?

那有什么妨碍 呢 ?无论如何, 或是假意,或是诚心, 终究是宣传了基督.

But I made myself smile so I could GREet my little daughter a Pretense of happiness.

但我擦擦眼泪,强挤出笑脸,要让自己在女儿面前露出喜悦之情.

Absence of pretense artificiality, full creative intent unforced.

没有虚伪做作,充满无限的创造意图.

It is merely a pretense.

这只是托词而已.

The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.

愚蠢参议员的与论借口引起了轰动.

But pretense may bring an annoyance to people.

但是,倘若故意装可爱就会让人生厌了.

He spoke without pretension.

他有话直说，不装相。