pretence
1.on pretence of friendship,on pretence of religion等表达方式里在pretence前面没有the(我见过on a pretence of sickness,当然不普通)。on pretence of后面接名词,不接动名词。on the pretence of后面接动名词。例如:He rushed away on the pretence of attending to something urgent.
2.under (the) pretence of friendship, under (the) pretence of religion等表达方式里的the有时有,有时没有。under the pretence of...ing似乎比under pretence of...ing普通。
3.pretence后面可以接以that引导的从句。例如:She made no pretence that she was interested in the project.
4.That's only pretence是“那只是假装罢了”。That's only a pretence是“那只是一个托辞罢了”。
5.参见pretension 1