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