pretend是什么意思

pretend

【释义】

英 [prɪ'tend] 　 　 美 [prɪ'tend] 　 　

v.假装;装作;自以为

【变形】

过去式: pretended过去分词: pretended现在分词: pretending第三人称单数: pretends

【词组短语】

playing pretend 自行玩耍

pretend reading 假装阅读

Pretend poor 假装可怜

Simply pretend 只是假装

Pretend you 一直假装

pretend sickness 装病

pretend feign 假装

Pretend Friend 看不见的朋友

Pretend spice 卖弄风骚

【英英释义】

adj.

1.imagined as in a play

the make-believe world of theater

play money

dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish

n.

1.the enactment of a pretense

it was just pretend

v.

1.make believe with the intent to deceive

He feigned that he was ill

He shammed a headache

2.behave unnaturally or affectedly

She's just acting

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

Pretend the title of King

4.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

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

She makes like an actress

6.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

【双语例句】

用作动词 (v.)

She pretends that she likes them so that she can get their help.

她假装很喜欢他们，借以获得他们的帮助。

The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.

那个年轻演员扮演哈姆雷特。

She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

她闭上眼睛,装作睡着了。

Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!

谅他不会自以为懂得什麽音乐吧!

【21世纪大英汉词典】

pretend [pri'tend; pri:-]

vt.

假装;伪装;假托;借口：

to pretend ignorance of the law

假装不知法

伪称，佯称：

to pretend anger

佯装发怒

自命;自称;声称：

to pretend to be astronauts

自称是宇航员

(演戏等中)装扮：

boys pretending that they are old men

装扮为老人的`男孩们

试图;敢于;妄为：

I do not pretend to criticize,but…

我并不想妄加批评，不过…

[废语](为隐藏、隐瞒或防卫而)提出，提供，搬出

vi.

自封;自求;宣称：

to pretend to talent

自称有才能

觊觎;妄求：

to pretend to a throne

觊觎王位

假装，伪装，装作

He was only pretending.

他只是在装。

追求;求婚：

to pretend to a woman

向女人求婚

adj.

假装的;自命的

仿制的;伪造的

近义词:

assume