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藉口,虛假,偽裝

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pretense \Pre*tense"\, Pretence \Pre*tence\, n. [LL. praetensus,
   for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See {Pretend}, and
   cf. {Tension}.]
   1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption;
      pretension. --Spenser.

            Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right
            of solely inheriting property or power. --Locke.

            I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to
            the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. --Evelyn.

   2. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something
      false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or
      hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and
      concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as,
      pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on
      pretense of revenging C[ae]sar's death.

   3. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical
      show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.

            Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretense Of
            proffered peace, delude the Latian prince. --Dryden.

   4. Intention; design. [Obs.]

            A very pretense and purpose of unkindness. --Shak.

   Note: See the {Note} under {Offense}.

   Syn: Mask; appearance; color; show; pretext; excuse.

   Usage: {Pretense}, {Pretext}. A pretense is something held
          out as real when it is not so, thus falsifying the
          truth. A pretext is something woven up in order to
          cover or conceal one's true motives, feelings, or
          reasons. Pretext is often, but not always, used in a
          bad sense.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pretense
     n 1: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was
          only pretending" [syn: {pretence}, {pretending}, {simulation},
           {feigning}]
     2: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: {pretence}, {feigning},
         {dissembling}]
     3: imaginative intellectual play [syn: {pretence}, {make-believe}]
     4: a false or unsupportable quality [syn: {pretension}, {pretence}]
     5: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of
        friendship he betrayed them" [syn: {guise}, {pretence}, {pretext}]