pretense
🇬🇧/prɪˈtens/ 🇺🇸/ˈpriːtens/📚 11779 27托福an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true. "his anger is masked by a pretense that all is well"
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）
Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms. 他们抛开一切佯装的理性，开始胁迫进行民主改革。
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