pretenses 

  1. 名詞
pretense複數: 藉口
託詞

    同義字詞
affectation,affectedness,grandiosity,inflation,pretension,pretentiousness
act,airs,charade,disguise,facade,façade,front,guise,masquerade,playacting,pose,put-on,semblance,show
call,claim,dibs,pretension,right
arrogance,assumption,bumptiousness,consequence,haughtiness,hauteur,high horse,huffiness,imperiousness,loftiness,lordliness,masterfulness,pomposity,pompousness,presumptuousness,pretension,pretentiousness,self-importance,superciliousness,superiority

例句

  1. It is not a primary car and makes no pretenses .
  2. There was no false pretenses or superficiality to him.
  3. Executed a downed British pilot under false pretenses .
  4. We lost 110,000 young men there under false pretenses .
  5. False pretenses is another crime that is similar to extortion.