vt. 1.假托,借口;假装,装做;(戏剧等中)装扮。 2.诈,骗…说 (that); 自命,自称;要求,妄想。 短语和例子 We must not pretend to know when we do not know. 不要强不知为知。 pretend ignorance 假装不知道,装聋作哑。 vi. 1.以…自居;自封,自称;要求,妄想,觊觎(to);求婚(to)。 2.假装,装作。 短语和例子 pretend to beauty [learning] 自以为是美人[学者]。 It's no use pretending. 装假是没用的。 pretend to the throne 觊觎王位。 pretend to a woman [her hand] 〔古语〕企图和(身分高的)女人结婚。
imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" 同义词:make-believe,
state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" 同义词:profess,
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" 同义词:feign, sham, affect, dissemble,
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" 同义词:make, make believe,
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" 同义词:guess, venture, hazard,
behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She''s just acting" 同义词:dissemble, act,
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" 同义词:make-believe,
例句与用法
1.
I can't pretend that i do like them . 我不能言不由衷,说我喜欢他们。
2.
Let us pretend that it can be changed . 我们不防假设它是可以改变的。
3.
We must not pretend to know when we do not know . 不要强不知为知。
4.
It is no use pretending you did not know . 你装糊涂是无济于事的。
5.
What do you mean -- not understand ? you 're just pretending . 什么不懂!
6.
Walden pretended to be disappointed . 沃尔登装作不高兴的样子。
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He doesn't pretend to be a genius . 他不想假充自己有什么才华。
8.
Do n't pretend to know what you do n't know .. 不要不懂装懂。
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Do n't pretend to understand when you do n't . 不要不懂装懂。
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You can not pretend there is no evil in the world . 不要以为世界上没有罪恶。