n.借口；虛假；偽裝；自吹；炫耀

=pretence.

It is merely a pretense. 這只是托詞而已。

You answered me with no pretense. 你坦誠相見的回答了我。

Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender. 弄虛作假欺騙不了真正的行家。

The pretense of greatness will be the proof of it, and powerful men with many severe faults will rule over all the classes on earth. 自稱為偉大的會(huì)是擁有很多錯(cuò)誤的有權(quán)勢的人，他們支配著地上的所有階級。