pretence
n. 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）
复数 pretences
例句
She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
她无法继续假装爱他了。
《牛津词典》
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。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese.
在审问的第8天，她不再假装她是日本人。
