| 词汇 | under-false-pretenses |
| 释义 | under false pretensesphrase disapproving(UKunder false pretences) If you do something under false pretenses, you lie about who you are, what you are doing, or what you intend to do, in order to get something: He was deported for entering the country under false pretenses. If you're not going to offer me a job, then you've brought me here under false pretenses (= you have deceived me in order to make me come here). I'm afraid I'm here under false pretenses. I said I was representing a client, but that's not true. I got into the building under false pretenses, but I didn't have any choice. They kept him locked up for years under false pretenses. See also false(NOT TRUE) |
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