1.(pretending)假装；装作
We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better.我们不得不继续假装情况正在好转。
2.(claim)声称；断言；标榜
3.(pretext)借口；托词
4.(affectation)假装；装模作样；故弄玄虚
She is devoid of all pretence.她一点也不做作。
5.to be a pretence
(make-believe)是假象
It had all been a pretence.一切都是假象。
See alsofalse pretences