English Dictionary

pretence

/ˈpɹiːtɛns/

noun

(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext. / Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption. / (obsolete) Intention; design.

She maintained a pretence of innocence.

意味（1）

(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.

Great armaments were, therefore, put on foot in Moravia and Bohemia, while the elector of Saxony, under a pretence of military parade, drew together about ſixteen thouſand men, which were poſted in a ſtrong ſituation at Pirna.

意味（2）

Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption.

He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Intention; design.

A very pretence and purpose of unkindness.