pretense /pri'tens/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) the act of giving a false appearance
- (n.) pretending with intention to deceive
- (n.) imaginative intellectual play
Chinese translation
- n. 借口, 虚假, 伪装
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /pri'tens/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- TOEFL
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.01 · Super Super Rare
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pretty · pretend · pretext · pretentious · pretension
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