pretenses

keeping up pretenses. with their titan gods defeated , the charr shaman struggle to keep an unruly populace placated with ritual and dogma .

由于夏尔的泰坦之神被击败，夏尔萨满努力维持着那些难以控制的民众，使用宗教仪式和宗教教理来抚慰他们。

mr. simon said he does not oppose taxes as such, "but i object to taxation that is justified by dishonest or spurious pretenses," he explains.

西蒙先生说他并不反对税收本身，“但我反对以不诚实或虚假的借口来证明税收是合理的，”他解释道。

It soon becomes apparent that not only is Annie too poor to keep up pretenses, she's so depressed it's impossible to get into the mood, especially with Helen jabbing at her along the way.

一切很快变得明朗起来，安妮经济条件实在太差，根本没法再伪装下去；而且她那么抑郁，压根儿就进入不了状态，特别是这一路走来还有一个海伦对她指指点点。