她以艺术家的名义出席展览,但实际上从未学过绘画。

She attended the exhibition under the pretenses of being an artist, though she never studied painting.

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She attended the exhibition under the pretenses of being an artist, though she never studied painting.

pretenses 是名词 pretense 的复数形式。pretense 由前缀 pre-(表示"在前")和词根 tense(来自拉丁语 tendere,意为"伸展")组成,原意为"提前展示"或"假装"。在现代英语中,pretense 指"借口、托辞"或"虚假的理由"。 under the pretenses of 这个短语表示"以...为借口"或"打着...的幌子",常用来描述某人用虚假的理由或身份做某事。

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