pretense
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 借口，虚假，伪装
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←中古法语 pretensse
- 源自 ←晚期拉丁语 praetēnsus
- 源自 ←拉丁语 praetendō “to pretend”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *tend-
词源说明
Borrowed from Middle French pretensse, from Late Latin praetēnsus, past participle of Latin praetendō (“to pretend”), from prae- (“before”) + tendō (“to stretch”); see pretend.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (countable or uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
- (uncountable) Affectation or ostentation of manner.
- Intention or purpose not real but professed.
- An unsupported claim made or implied.
- An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
- (obsolete) Intention; design.