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pretenseless

/pri-tens, pree-tens/US // prɪˈtɛns, ˈpri tɛns //

矫枉过正,虚伪,虚伪的,无所事事

Related Words

charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏pretext幌子,托词,借口,托辞semblance象征性,外貌特征,象征性的,象征cloak披风,大氅,大衣,外衣veneer饰面,饰面层,饰面材料,饰面板claim声称,宣称,主张,要求mask面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号invention发明,发明创造,发明的,发明的东西artifice构造,构造物,构造性,构造的facade门面,门脸,门面房,门牌affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心ruse诡计,伎俩,诡计多端,骗局double-dealing两面派,两面三刀,双轨制,两面派手法deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性trickery花招,伎俩,诡计,诡计多端evasion逃避,逃避行为,躲避,逃避责任acting采取行动,扮演者,担任,扮演的角色routine常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
    • : a false show of something: a pretense of friendship.
    • : a piece of make-believe.
    • : the act of pretending or alleging falsely.
    • : a false allegation or justification: He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business.
    • : insincere or false profession: His pious words were mere pretense.
    • : the putting forth of an unwarranted claim.
    • : the claim itself.
    • : any allegation or claim: to obtain money under false pretenses.
    • : pretension: destitute of any pretense to wit.
    • : pretentiousness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
candid坦率,坦诚,坦率的,直率forthright坦率的,率直的,坦率,明朗的genuine真正的,真正,真实,正宗的sincere真心实意,真心实意的,真心诚意,真诚的truthful诚实的,诚实,实话实说,真实的unequivocal明确的,明确,明确地,明确指出aboveboard高于市场的价格,高于市场价格,高于市场的,高于市场barefaced赤膊上阵,赤裸裸的,赤裸裸地,赤面direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说frank坦率,坦诚,弗兰克,坦率地说guileless无罪的,无辜的,无罪,无耻honorable光荣,荣誉,光荣的,荣誉证书just只是,就是,仅仅是,就laid on the line敷衍了事,敷衍了事的,奠定了基础,敷设在线路上的level水平,级别,层次,层面like it is就像它是,如是,像这样,如是者mellow醇厚的,醇厚,醇美,醇美的open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的outspoken直言不讳,直言不讳的,直率的,直言不讳的人plain朴素的,普通的,朴素,平凡的plain-dealingright-on正确的,正确,正确的做法,对的square-shootingstraight直,直接,笔直的,直的straight-arrowunconcealed不隐瞒的,隐蔽的,不隐瞒,隐秘的undisguised不加掩饰的,不加掩饰,不加掩饰地,毫不掩饰地undissembled未装配的,未组装的,未组装,未装配undissembling拆解,拆卸,拆装,拆开unvarnished不加修饰的,不加掩饰的,不折不扣的,不加修饰地up front在前面,前面的,在前面的,前面upright直立的,直立,直立式的,正直的upstanding正直的,正直的人,正直,正直诚实veracious宽大的,宽敞的,贪婪的,贪婪的人

Examples

  • Stewart also pleaded guilty to collecting about $261,000 on false pretenses from another small business loan program, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, which provides low-interest financing to struggling small businesses during disasters.

  • Sometimes they would send a target an infected file under the pretense of collaborating on vulnerability research.

  • It had a lot of joy because there was not a lot of pretense.

  • The Republican Party has proved that its hatred of liberals is so foundational that it will abandon any pretense of commitment to democracy, if democracy allows for the possibility that liberals might win an election.

  • We’ve dropped the pretense that this is not a looks-based profession.

  • In Iraq and Syria, unlike in Libya, there is no pretense that this is anything less than war in the constitutional sense.

  • We would perhaps be tossing out any pretense of traditional baseball in exchange for popular thrill-a-minute spectacle.

  • They are winning incremental battles under the pretense of health regulations and parental consent.

  • There is not even the pretense of actual interaction with voters.

  • All along, Orman never made any pretense about her sexuality.

  • After long delays Crane and Keith made pretense of building camps and starting to log.

  • No one who makes any pretense of seeing England will miss either of these places.

  • Come, Peter Snooks, to the dog that was never far out of sight, well at least make a pretense of being useful.

  • What oceans of futility one discovered, what mountains of pretense—and with what forests of scholarship grown over them!

  • Ruth always suspected that Uncle Jabez Potter made a pretense of being really worse than he was.

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