On Monday, Mr. Johnson dropped any pretense of nonchalance.

周一，翰逊不再假装漠不关心。

He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses.

他也许应该鄙视自己，因为他确用欺骗手段占有了她，我不是说他利用了他那虚幻百万家财。

Abandoning pretense, Harry said, " And it wasn't Sirius? Or you? "

哈利放弃了掩饰，问道：“也不是小天狼星？或者你？”

678. The senseless senator's pretense of consensus caused a sensation.

愚蠢参议员舆论借口引起了轰动。

Abandoning any pretense at politeness, they ran for the door.

【pretence】他们抛下虚伪礼节，直奔门口。

Next week: Albus Dumbledore at Hogwarts—the Prizes and the Pretense.

阿不思·邓布利多在霍格沃茨奖励和主张。

He invited his brother back under the false pretense that they could be co-rulers, and as soon as his brother agreed, Atreus killed his three nephews, dismembered them, and boiled them in a cauldron.

他假意邀请他兄弟回来，说他们可以共同统治，他兄弟刚同意，阿特柔斯就杀了他三个侄子，肢解他们，用大锅煮熟。

My personality may indeed at times show that I am somewhat of an impatient man, who boxes his pupils' ears, symbolically of course, but I have never made any pretense to be other than I am.

我个性有确会显示出我是一个没耐心，会打学生耳光那种人，当然这只是象征性说法，但我从)来没有伪装过自己。

Great magicians see into the depths of human beings: they have the capacity to deflate our arrogance and call us out when we act in denial or pretense.

他们有能力压制我们傲慢，并在我们否认或伪装提醒我们。

Meg got behind his chair under pretense of smoothing the wrinkles out of his tired forehead, and standing there, she said, with her panic increasing with every word...

梅格走到他椅子背后，装作抚平他劳累前额上皱纹，站在那儿，开口讲话，每说一个词恐慌就增加一分。

They expose the realities in minute detail the pretenses and vulgarity of the period's middle class and traditional low-down of the peasants.

在其作品中，他细致入微地揭 ，揭中产阶级虚伪和粗俗，展传统农民生活真相。

But the Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said the convoy was a pretense, an excuse to cross into Ukraine in an unauthorized way.

但是五角大楼发言人海军少将翰·柯比(Rear Adm. John Kirby)表示，车队只是伪装，是以未授权方式进入乌克兰境内借口。

When such utterances are spoken in jest or in pretense, not all the felicity conditions are satisfied and the magic doesn't happen.

当这种话语以戏谑或虚假方式被说出，不是所有合适性条件都得到满足，魔力就不会发生。

Under the false pretense that this new constitution endangered American property and lives, they staged a coup on January 17th, 1893.

以这部新宪法危及美国人财产和生命为幌子，他们在 1893 年 1 月 17 日发动了政变。

Of course, we said. We watched as their stance changed -- feet apart, faces lifted, no pretense at smiles.

当然可以，我们说。于是她们改变站姿--双腿分立，抬起脸庞，抹去逢迎微笑。

Obviously it's a creepy guy who invited a girl over at the pretense of a group tea thing.

显然，这是一个假装要组织茶会群聊，际上却把女孩骗去诡异男生。

Next week: Albus Dumbledore at Hogwarts – the Prizes and the Pretense.

阿不思·邓 布利多在霍格沃茨奖励和主张。

Abandoning all pretense, Ron pushed his chair backward, as far away from Moody's desk as possible.

罗恩已经顾不得掩饰，把椅子往后挪了挪，尽量离穆迪讲台远一些。

You and your Ministry of Magic have lured me here under false pretenses, Dumbledore!

你和你们魔法部用虚假借口把我诱骗到这里，邓布利多！

They can finally drop their pretense in the virtual world, freely express themselves, and feel released.

他们终于可以在虚拟世界中放下伪装，自由地表达自己，并感到放松。