Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad. [+ of]

韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。

We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better.

我们只得一直假装情形在好转。

The government abandoned any pretence of reform.

政府不再装模作样地进行改革。

I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences.

我再也不能和一个靠谎言骗我结婚的男人继续生活下去了。

Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences.

康拉德因为诈骗钱财已经坐了一年的牢。