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dissimulate

/dih-sim-yuh-leyt/US // dɪˈsɪm yəˌleɪt //UK // (dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt) //

口是心非,口不应心

Related Words

feign佯装,伪装,假装,冒充hide隐藏,隐藏起来,隐蔽pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设mask面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰cloak披风,大氅,大衣,外衣camouflage伪装,迷彩,迷彩画,迷彩服dissemble散发,传播,散布,分散deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货beard胡子,胡须,大胡子,髯须dress up打扮,妆扮,装扮,妆饰make-believe虚构,虚构的,虚构事实,伪造的

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·sim·u·lat·ed, dis·sim·u·lat·ing.

    • : to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·sim·u·lat·ed, dis·sim·u·lat·ing.

    • : to conceal one's true motives, thoughts, etc., by some pretense; speak or act hypocritically.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconceal, disguise
Synonyms
beard胡子,胡须,大胡子,髯须camouflage伪装,迷彩,迷彩画,迷彩服cloak披风,大氅,大衣,外衣deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关dissemble散发,传播,散布,分散fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货feign佯装,伪装,假装,冒充hide隐藏,隐藏起来,隐蔽mask面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设dress up打扮,妆扮,装扮,妆饰make-believe虚构,虚构的,虚构事实,伪造的present a false face抛头露面,摆出一副假面孔,伪装,摆出一副假相present a false front伪装,冒充,掩人耳目,掩耳盗铃

Examples

  • He was moved by the abuses of the Roman Church, and he was much too sincere to dissimulate publicly what he confessed privately.

  • This is, then, what Bond artifice effected in the absence of actual cause and in order to dissimulate its own nefarious objects.

  • He sought to dissimulate with her, but at last he confessed, 'I was truly this morning the victim of a sorcery.'

  • This archbishop has a lively genius, artful and supple, which can flatter and dissimulate, if ever any could.

  • The Indian looked at him for some moments with an astonishment that he did not seek to dissimulate.

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