學(xué)個(gè)詞 Learn A Word: 3317 pretense 偽裝，借口

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今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 pretense.

pretense 的意思是偽裝，借口。Those parents who handed large sum of money to college athletics officials to get their kids into prestigious colleges on the pretense of joining the sports team may face bribery charges. 一些家長(zhǎng)為了讓他們的孩子以加入校運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)為名進(jìn)入名校而給大學(xué)體育官員大量金錢，這些家長(zhǎng)可能會(huì)面臨賄賂指控。

Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady had a plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense which made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush. 芭芭拉·布什這位白發(fā)蒼蒼的第一夫人，說話直來直去，從不裝腔作勢(shì)，這讓她比時(shí)任總統(tǒng)的丈夫喬治·H·布什更受歡迎。