来自pretense的拼写变体。

1. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears.

她假装点蜡烛，避开他消失了。

2. The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.

这个剧作家与世隔绝，生活在一个虚幻的世界里。

3. The government abandoned any pretence of reform.

政府不再装模作样地进行改革。

4. Their friendliness was only pretence.

他们的友善态度只不过是装出来的。

5. The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.

那学说号称最具有科学基础.