false pretense

基本解釋

If thy pass for Christians they are guilty of obtaining respect under false pretense.
如果他們作為基督徒而亡，他們就是空背了基督徒的名聲犯了虛妄罪。
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He said that the globalization of financial markets was built on a “false pretense” that financial markets could be left to their own devices and said global regulation was needed.
他說金融市場全球化建立在一個“錯誤的主張”——金融市場見過是各國自己的失誤。他稱全球監(jiān)管很有必要。
This study was to explore the possible relations between preschoolers' false belief understanding and their general verbal ability, and the using of mental terms during pretense play.
本研究目的在于探討幼兒在假裝游戲中心理狀態(tài)術(shù)語的應(yīng)用，以及與錯誤信念的理解是否存在相關(guān)并具有一定的發(fā)展特征。

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