Under pretense
[法] 藉口
🧩 词语组成解析
under
['ʌndɚ]
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于，小于;在…情况下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 较低的，下面的;
pretense
[pri'tens]
n. 借口;（无事实根据的）要求;自称;假装;
🗣️ 情景例句
His appearance is impressive.
他的外表给人印象深刻。
Thank you. It was very kind of you.
谢谢，您太好了。
but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
但是早期记录地震波的仪器（测震仪）正是采用了这种思路。