(v) take one's place wrongfully, See Also: take another's place by assuming his name, take other's step under false pretenses, Syn. หลอก, หลอกลวง, Example:เขาสวมรอยเอาว่าเขานี่แหละเป็นผู้ส่งโทรเลขมาถึงผม, Thai Definition:เข้าแทนที่ตามรอยของคนอื่น โดยทำเป็นทีให้เข้าใจว่าตนเองเป็นตัวจริง

คำแก้ตัว

(n) excuse, See Also: pretext, plea, defense, alibi, pretense, Syn. คำอธิบาย, Example:เรามักได้ยินคำแก้ตัวอย่างค่อนข้างหนาหูว่าเพราะการศึกษาในเมืองไทยยังไม่แพร่หลาย

ยศอย่าง

(n) standing on one's dignity, See Also: snobbery, arrogance, hauteur, presumption, pretension, pomposity, snootiness, Syn. การถือยศถือศักดิ์, Thai Definition:การทำตามแบบอย่างผู้มียศ, การถือยศถือศักดิ์

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0 Volubilis Dictionary (TH-EN-FR)

คำแก้ตัว

[khamkaētūa] (n) EN: excuse ; pretext ; plea ; defense ; alibi ; pretense FR: excuse [ f ] ; prétexte [ m ] ; alibi [ m ]

แสร้ง

[saērong] (v) EN: pretend ; feign ; make a pretense (of) FR: feindre (de) ; faire semblant (de)

ตลกบริโภค

[talok boriphōk] (x) EN: be a joke for eating ; sponge on s.o. ; get sth under false pretenses

ตลกแดก

[talok daēk] (v, exp) EN: sponge on s.o. ; get sth under false pretenses

ยศอย่าง

[yot yāng] (n, exp) EN: standing on one's dignity ; snobbery ; arrogance ; hauteur ; presumption ; pretension ; pomposity ; snootiness

ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus

pretens

He made a pretense of knowing my father.

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates] CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

pretense

/P R IY0 T EH1 N S/ /ผรี่ เท้น สึ/

pretenses

/P R IY0 T EH1 N S IH0 Z/ /ผรี่ เท้น สิ สึ/

pretension

/P R IY0 T EH1 N SH AH0 N/ /ผรี่ เท้น เฉิ่น/

pretensions

/P R AH0 T EH1 N SH AH0 N Z/ /เผรอะ เท้น เฉิ่น สึ/

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

pretension

(n) /prˈɪtˈenʃən/ /พริ เท้น เฉิ่น/ /p r i1 t e1 n sh @ n/

pretensions

(n) /prˈɪtˈenʃənz/ /พริ เท้น เฉิ่น สึ/ /p r i1 t e1 n sh @ n z/

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

false pretense

(n) (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation, Syn. false pretence

pretense

(n) the act of giving a false appearance, Syn. pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning, Example:his conformity was only pretending

pretense

(n) pretending with intention to deceive, Syn. dissembling, pretence, feigning

pretense

(n) imaginative intellectual play, Syn. make-believe, pretence

pretension

(n) a false or unsupportable quality, Syn. pretence, pretense

pretension

(n) the advancing of a claim, Example:his pretension to the crown; the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

guise

(n) an artful or simulated semblance, Syn. pretence, pretext, pretense, Example:under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

pretentiousness

(n) the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth), Syn. largeness, pretension, Ant. unpretentiousness

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pretence

{ } n. [ LL. praetensus, for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See Pretend, and cf. Tension. ] 1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretense
Of proffered peace, delude the Latian prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Intention; design. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A very pretense and purpose of unkindness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ See the Note under Offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mask; appearance; color; show; pretext; excuse. -- Pretense, Pretext. A pretense is something held out as real when it is not so, thus falsifying the truth. A pretext is something woven up in order to cover or conceal one's true motives, feelings, or reasons. Pretext is often, but not always, used in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretensed

a. Pretended; feigned. [ Obs. ] -- Pre*tens"ed*ly adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Pretenseful

a. Abounding in pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretenseless

a. Not having or making pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretension

n. [ Cf. F. prétention. See Pretend, Tension. ] 1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

幌子

[幌子, huǎng zi] shop sign; signboard; (fig.) pretense #20407

矫揉造作

[矫揉造作 / 矯揉造作, jiǎo róu zào zuò] pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs #64009

故作姿态

[故作姿态 / 故作姿態, gù zuò zī tài] a pose; a pretense #85853

臭架子

[臭架子, chòu jià zi] stinking pretension; to give oneself airs and offend others; hateful arrogance #111794

矫诏

[矫诏 / 矯詔, jiǎo zhào] the pretense of acting on imperial order

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

出し(P);出汁

[だし(P);ダシ, dashi (P); dashi] (n) (1) (uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp); (2) (出し only) pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man; (P) #1174

振り(P);風

[ふり, furi] (n, ctr) (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging; (n) (2) (uk) appearance; behaviour; (3) (uk) pretence (pretense); show; (4) (uk) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.); (5) postures (of a dance); (6) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; (suf, ctr) (7) counter for swords, blades, etc.; (P) #5704

名目

[めいもく(P);みょうもく, meimoku (P); myoumoku] (n, adj-no) (1) name; title; appellation; (something) nominal; (2) (under the) pretext (of); pretense; (P) #8989

真似

[まね, mane] (n, vs) mimicry; imitation; behavior; behaviour; pretense; pretence; (P) #12470

仮託

[かたく, kataku] (n, vs) pretext; pretense; pretence

外連

[けれん, keren] (n) playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense

気どり;気取り

[きどり, kidori] (n) affectation; pretension

偽悪

[ぎあく, giaku] (n) pretense of evil; pretence of evil

虚像

[きょぞう, kyozou] (n, adj-no) virtual image; pretense; pretence

矯飾

[きょうしょく, kyoushoku] (n, vs) affectation; pretense; pretence

見せ掛け(P);見せかけ

[みせかけ, misekake] (n) seeming; pose; show; pretense; (P)

御為ごかし;お為ごかし

[おためごかし, otamegokashi] (n) self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

自惚れ(P);己惚れ;自惚(io)

[うぬぼれ, unubore] (n, adj-no) (uk) pretension; conceit; hubris; (P)

自任

[じにん, jinin] (n, vs) self-appointment; pretension; (P)

鍍金;滅金

[めっき;ときん(鍍金);メッキ, mekki ; tokin ( mekki ); mekki] (n, vs) (1) (uk) gilt; plating; (2) (uk) pretense; pretence

付け焼き刃;付焼き刃

[つけやきば, tsukeyakiba] (n) pretension; affectation

抱負

[ほうふ, houfu] (n) aspiration; ambition; pretension; (P)

僭称

[せんしょう, senshou] (n, vs) pretension; assumption (of a title)

藉口

[しゃこう, shakou] (n, vs) pretence; pretense

衒い

[てらい, terai] (n) affectation; pretension

襤褸;藍褸

[ぼろ;らんる(襤褸), boro ; ranru ( boro )] (n, pref) rag; scrap; tattered clothes; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down or junky

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Anmaßung { f } | Anmaßungen { pl }

pretension | pretensions

Anspruch { m } | Ansprüche { pl }

pretension | pretensions

Gurtstraffer { m } [ auto ]

belt tensioner; pretensioner; seat belt pretensioner

Vortäuschung { f }; Vorspiegelung { f } | Vortäuschungen { pl } | unter Vortäuschung falscher Tatsachen; unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen | Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen

pretence; pretense [ Am. ] | pretences; pretenses [ Am. ] | under false pretences | fraud representation

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