pretend

英[prɪˈtend]美[prɪˈtend]

v.假装，扮作，自诩；

adj.假装的；

第三人称单数：pretends;

过去式：pretended;

过去分词：pretended;

现在分词：pretending;

例句

So you don't need to pretend, do you?所以你不必装假了, 对吧?

We clearly endorse different ideologies and it would be idle to pretend otherwise.显然我们双方在意识形态上是互不相同的,对此无庸加以掩饰.

Let's pretend we're on the spaceship orbiting round the earth!让我们假装是在沿轨道绕地球运转的宇宙飞船上!

I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。

Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.今天那些冒牌的**教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导.

Papa would pretend to gobble, to emphasize this " excellence. "爸爸假装狼吞虎咽, 以强调它的 “ 可口. ”

I do not pretend tha t my protestations should acquit me.我并不自称我的辩护一定能使自己无罪获释.

We won't pretend we savour the prospect of a month in prison...我们不会装作我们满心盼望着在监狱中度过一个月。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us...我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。

英语六级真题

You can pretend that you don't like things which you are actually quite pleased about.

Or you can pretend to like things which you are quite happy to do without

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

假装；伪装；装作

If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.

例句

VERB

（做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮

If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.

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VERB

自诩；自称；自以为

If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.

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英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.

假装, 伪装,佯装

（尤指儿童）（在游戏中）装扮，扮作，模拟 ；自诩，自称，自认为

adj.

假装的，想象的

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the enactment of a pretense;

Verb

1. make believe with the intent to deceive;

2. behave unnaturally or affectedly;

3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of;

4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;

5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;

6. state insincerely;

Adjective

1. imagined as in a play;