pretence

🇬🇧/prɪˈtens/ 🇺🇸/ˈpriːtens/ 12四级六级GRE
A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. 假装

noun [抽象名词]假象,伪装;借口,托词;装扮游戏角色;自称, 自诩;虚浮炫耀的语言(或行为)

He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau. 他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。

pretence

-ence ⌜ 表示状态或质量的 - indicating the state or quality of ~ ⌟
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