原级：pretense
1. pretenses
1. The spokesman also asked the United States to stop selling advanced weapons to Taiwan under any pretenses and refrain from sending wrong signals to Taiwan.
2. Kim denies that she married him under false pretenses and wants a divorce.
3. But the damage done will extend far beyond the suffering of hundreds of innocent individuals who have been locked up under false pretenses.
4. Wang secured an official post and was promoted allegedly under false pretenses over the past 10 years or more.
5. Critics say many prostitutes in western Europe are foreigners often lured there under false pretenses.
6. Most of the Filipinos come to the city under false pretenses of teaching or touring, the newspaper said.