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pretense    音标拼音: [prit'ɛns]
n. 借口,虚假,伪装

藉口,虚假,伪装

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

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.
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Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right
of solely inheriting property or power. --Locke.
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I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to
the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. --Evelyn.
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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.
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3. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical
show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
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Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretense
Of proffered peace, delude the Latian prince.
--Dryden.
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4. Intention; design. [Obs.]
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A very pretense and purpose of unkindness. --Shak.
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Note: See the {Note} under {Offense}.
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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.
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143 Moby Thesaurus words for "pretense":
acting, affectation, affectedness, air, airs, airs and graces,
alibi, apology, appearance, appurtenance, artificiality,
attitudinizing, authority, birthright, blind, bluff, bluffing,
charade, cheating, claim, cloak, color, coloring, conjugal right,
cover, cover story, cover-up, deceit, deception, delusion, demand,
device, disguise, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation,
divine right, droit, due, excuse, explanation, facade, face,
faculty, fake, fakery, faking, false air, false front, false show,
falsity, feigned belief, feigning, feint, four-flushing, fraud,
front, gilt, gloss, guise, handle, humbug, humbuggery, hypocrisy,
image, imposture, inalienable right, insincerity, interest,
lame excuse, locus standi, loftiness, lofty affectations,
make-believe, mannerism, mask, masquerade, mere show,
meretriciousness, natural right, ostensible motive, ostent,
ostentation, ostentatiousness, outward show, pageant, playacting,
poor excuse, pose, posing, posture, power, prerogative,
prescription, presumptive right, pretension, pretentiousness,
pretext, proper claim, property right, protestation,
prunes and prisms, public image, public motive, put-off, put-on,
putting on airs, rational ground, rationale, reason, reason for,
reason why, refuge, representation, right, screen, seeming,
semblance, sham, show, simulacrum, simulation, smoke screen,
speciousness, stalking-horse, stated cause, stratagem, stylishness,
subterfuge, the big idea, the idea, the whatfor, the wherefore,
the why, title, trick, underlying reason, unnaturalness, varnish,
veil, vested interest, vested right, window dressing


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  • King County
    I understand that this Oath is valid only if it carries my own signature and the required signatures of the authorized representatives qualified to grant access to the MH Intranet site I further recognize that a request for or receipt of confidential information under pretense may subject me to criminal liability which is punishable as a gross misdemeanor (RCW 71 05 440)
  • SE-235 - procurement. sc. gov
    According to SC Code § 16-13-240, “ a person who by false pretense or representation obtains the signature of a person to a written instrument or obtains from another person any chattel, money, valuable security, or other property, real or personal, with intent to cheat and defraud a person of that property is guilty of a crime Non
  • Article 121, UCMJ states:
    An obtaining of property is wrongful when it is accomplished by false pretense, which is “[a] false representation of past or existing fact ” Id at para 46c(1)(a) and (e) In order to be prosecuted under Article 121, UCMJ, the false pretense must be used to obtain tangible property such as money, merchandise, or other goods
  • New York State Unified Court System
    A definition of “ false pretenses” may be adapted from the definition “Larceny by false pretense” in CJI2d [NY] Additional Charges in Penal Law article 155
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    I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I am the person named above and requesting access to my records, or records that I am entitled to request as the parent of a minor or the legal guardian of an incompetent, and I understand that any falsification of this statement is punishable under the provisions
  • - Washington Defender Association
    The right to challenge an unlawful detention by writ of habeas corpus in superior court is guaranteed by the Washington Constitution, Wash Const art IV, § 6, and by statute RCW 7 36 The superior courts have original jurisdiction over such writs Wash Const art IV, § 6 “Every person restrained of his liberty under any pretense whatsoever, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to
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    And God, who can't be fooled by any pretense on our part but always knows a person's thoughts, gave them the Holy Spirit exactly as God gave the Spirit to us God treated the outsiders exactly as God treated us ” We are grateful for the wisdom revealed in these words of scripture, in each other and in ourselves Amen Lighting of the Yellow
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    Whoever steals, embezzles or obtains by false pretense, any key suited to any lock adopted by the Postal Service Department or whoever knowingly and unlawfully makes, forges, or counterfeits any such key, or possesses with intent to unlawfully or improperly use, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than three years (25
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    In play, there are no real questions, since questions are the result of uncertainty or lack In the world inhabited by the child in "The Lamb," questions are just a playful pretense The purpose of these questions is to get the knowledge of the nature of life circulating, so it can make "all the vales rejoice "
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    The pretense at inspection to which the hut was frequently submitted was more for the purpose of torture than of hygiene More food and a few drugs would have helped, but the only concern of the inspectors was whether a piece of straw was left in the center corridor, or whether the dirty, ragged and verminous blankets of the patients were





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