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    pretend 的英语意思

    pretendpretend1 /prɪˈtend/ verb 查看全部语言翻译1[intransitive, transitive] to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive people or for fun明知某事并不真实,却表现得好像它是真的,目的是欺骗他人或只是为了好玩pretend (that) We can’t go on pretending that everything is OK.我们不能继续假装一切都没问题。 Let’s pretend we’re on the Moon.我们来假装自己在月球上吧。pretend to do something She pretended not to notice.她假装没有注意到。 He’s not asleep – he’s just pretending.他没有睡着——只是在装睡。 To pretend ignorance of the situation would be irresponsible.对这种情况假装不知情将是不负责任的。 I can’t marry her and to pretend otherwise would be wrong.我无法娶她,假装并非如此将是错误的。2[transitive usually in negatives] to claim that something is true, when it is not声称某事是真的,而实际上并非如此pretend (that) I can’t pretend I understand these technical terms (=I admit I do not understand them).我无法声称自己理解这些专业术语(=我承认我并不理解它们)。pretend to do/be something The book doesn’t pretend to be for beginners.这本书并不声称是为初学者而写的。THESAURUS同义词辨析pretend /prɪˈtend/ to deliberately behave as though something is true when it is not, either for fun or to deceive someone故意表现得好像某事是真的,而实际上并非如此,目的是为了好玩或欺骗他人: · Mark closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.· 马克闭上眼睛,假装睡着了。· She shouted but he pretended that he hadn’t heard her.· 她大声喊叫,但他假装没有听见。act to behave in a particular way – often used when saying that someone is pretending that something is true, when it is not以某种方式行事——常用于描述某人假装某事是真的,而实际上并非如此: · Paul acted as if nothing was wrong.· 保罗表现得好像什么事都没有发生一样。· She always acts like she’s pleased to see me, but I’m sure she’s not.· 她每次见到我总是表现得很高兴,但我确信她并非真的如此。· He enjoyed acting the fool (=pretending to be stupid) and couldn’t care less about his studies.· 他喜欢装傻(=假装愚蠢),对学习漠不关心。· The boy acted all innocent and said that he knew nothing about the money.· 那个男孩装出一副无辜的样子,说他对那笔钱一无所知。· I tried to act the good housewife when I got married.· 结婚后,我努力扮演一个好主妇的角色。make out something informal非正式 to pretend that something is true, in order to avoid doing something or to deceive someone假称某事是真的,以逃避某事或欺骗他人: · I didn’t want to go, so I made out I was busy.· 我不想去,就假称自己很忙。· She always makes out that she doesn’t have any money.· 她总是假称自己没有钱。be putting it on informal非正式 to be pretending to be ill, hurt etc, especially in order to avoid doing something, or to make other people feel sympathy for you假装生病、受伤等,尤指为了逃避某事或博取他人同情: · She’s not really upset, she’s just putting it on.· 她并不是真的难过,只是在装。feign interest/surprise/ignorance/illness etc formal正式 to pretend that you are interested, surprised etc假装感兴趣、惊讶等: · ‘Oh really!’ he said, trying to feign interest.· "哦,真的吗!"他说道,努力假装出感兴趣的样子。· Sometimes it’s best just to feign ignorance (=pretend that you do not know).· 有时候最好的办法就是装作不知情(=假装自己不知道)。keep up appearances to pretend that your life is happy and successful, especially when you have suffered some kind of trouble or loss假装自己的生活幸福美满,尤指在遭受某种困难或损失之后: · Although we were poor, our family always tried to keep up appearances.· 尽管我们家很穷,但我们总是努力维持体面。· She did her best to keep up appearances after her husband left her.· 丈夫离开后,她尽力维持着表面上的体面。to pretend to be someone or something假扮成某人或某物impersonate to copy the way that a famous person speaks and behaves, in order to entertain people, or to pretend to have an official job, in order to trick people模仿名人的说话和行为方式以娱乐他人,或假冒官职以欺骗他人: · He’s brilliant at impersonating the president.· 他模仿总统模仿得非常出色。· It’s illegal to impersonate a police officer.· 冒充警察是违法的。pose as somebody to pretend to be someone else, especially someone in an official position, so that it is easier for you to do something bad or illegal假扮成他人,尤指某官方职位的人,以便更容易实施不当或违法行为: · He posed as a doctor to gain access to the hospital.· 他假扮成医生以进入医院。· There have been cases of thieves posing as telephone engineers.· 曾发生盗贼冒充电话工程师的案例。masquerade as somebody/something disapproving贬义 to pretend to be someone or something else – used especially when saying that someone or something is not who they claim to be假扮成他人或其他事物——尤指某人或某物并非其所自称的那样时使用: · Their advertisements are always full of people in white coats masquerading as scientists.· 他们的广告里总是充斥着穿白大褂、冒充科学家的人。· It’s not real news – it’s government propaganda masquerading as news.· 这不是真正的新闻——这是伪装成新闻的政府宣传。
    pretendpretend2 adjective imaginary or not real – used especially by children想象的或不真实的——尤指儿童使用:  We sang songs around a pretend campfire.我们围着一堆假想的篝火唱歌。