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pretend

/pri-tend/US // prɪˈtɛnd //UK // (prɪˈtɛnd) //

假装,装作,装扮,假设

Related Words

fool傻瓜,傻子,笨蛋,愚弄feign佯装,伪装,假装,冒充purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语assume假设,假定,承担,担当impersonate冒充,冒名顶替,冒充他人,冒名bluff虚张声势,诈骗,忽悠profess声言,声望,声名狼藉,声名远播put on穿上,穿上了,穿着,戴上imitate仿效,仿造,仿制,仿照suppose假设,假定,估计,推测claim声称,宣称,主张,要求cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的fish鱼,鱼类,鱼儿,鱼鱼whitewash粉饰,粉刷,刷新,擦亮dupe欺瞒,欺骗,欺负人,欺负beguile乞讨,乞求,乞怜,乞讨者allege辩称,声称,指称,申诉counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品fudge软糖,软膏,软木,软饮料sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause or attempt to cause to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
    • : to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep.
    • : to make believe: The children pretended to be cowboys.
    • : to presume; venture: I can't pretend to say what went wrong.
    • : to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely: He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make believe.
    • : to lay claim to: She pretended to the throne.
    • : to make pretensions: He pretends to great knowledge.
    • : Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbfake, falsify
Forms: pretended, pretending
Synonyms
assume假设,假定,承担,担当bluff虚张声势,诈骗,忽悠feign佯装,伪装,假装,冒充fool傻瓜,傻子,笨蛋,愚弄impersonate冒充,冒名顶替,冒充他人,冒名profess声言,声望,声名狼藉,声名远播purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语put on穿上,穿上了,穿着,戴上act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演affect影响,影响到,受影响,受影响的allege辩称,声称,指称,申诉beguile乞讨,乞求,乞怜,乞讨者cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的claim声称,宣称,主张,要求counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品cozen禅宗,禅,禅师,禅意deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关delude悖谬,妄想,悖逆,悖论dissemble散发,传播,散布,分散dissimulate口是心非,口不应心dupe欺瞒,欺骗,欺负人,欺负fish鱼,鱼类,鱼儿,鱼鱼fudge软糖,软膏,软木,软饮料hoodwink欺瞒,蒙骗,骗取,蒙蔽jazz爵士乐,爵士舞,爵士,爵士音乐jive跳舞,跳跃,欢呼声,跳动malinger诈骗,诈骗罪,诈骗犯,诈骗案masquerade假面舞会,化妆舞会,化装舞会,伪装舞会mislead误导,诓骗,误导性的,误导性sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的simulate模拟,仿真,模仿,模拟出stonewall石墙,石头墙,石壁,石牆sucker棒棒糖,棒棒哒,棒糖,棒棒棒whitewash粉饰,粉刷,刷新,擦亮be deceitful骗人,骗人的,巧取豪夺,取巧be hypocritical虚情假意,虚伪,假正经,假惺惺claim falsely谎称,谎报,虚报,诈骗fake out冒名顶替,冒牌货,伪造,伪造的lay claim声称,要求,声张,声言let on放任自流,放任,放过,放行make out辨认,辨别,辨识,辨别是非pass off转手,转移,转告,转发pass oneself off as冒充put up a front摆出姿态,摆出架子,摆出架势,摆架子shuck and jive摇头晃脑,摇摆不定,甩锅,摇头晃脑的
verbplay the part of
Forms: pretended, pretending
Synonyms
imitate仿效,仿造,仿制,仿照impersonate冒充,冒名顶替,冒充他人,冒名purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语suppose假设,假定,估计,推测act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演imagine想象,想象一下,想像,想象力masquerade假面舞会,化妆舞会,化装舞会,伪装舞会mimic模仿,模仿者,模仿品,模似play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍playact演戏,玩法,戏剧,戏曲portray描写,描绘,刻画,描画pose姿势,构成,姿态,构成的represent代表,代表着,表示,体现在reproduce转载,再生产,再现,重现assume the role承担起这个角色,担当,担任职务,承担起角色make as if做为,使得好像,使得好像是,做成make believe使人相信,使人信服的,使人信服,使人相信的make out like卿卿我我,亲热一下,亲热一下吧,卿卿我我的样子make up编造,化装,构成,组成put on a front装点门面,摆架子,摆出架势,摆出架子put on airs摆架子,摆谱,摆阔气,端架子put on an act装模作样,做戏,装腔作势,演戏

Examples

  • Let’s pretend that politicians wake up and don’t reopen restaurants and we avoid a big wave in March.

  • After a certain point, you can’t even pretend that you have control.

  • We should not pretend that the Facebook Oversight Board is more than a McGuffin designed to distract us from serious issues.

  • It’s terrible, and you constantly have to pretend you like it.

  • I wasn’t, but I pretended otherwise, just to see if Pennyroyal Station followed through on requests.

  • For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music.

  • The irony has thinned with the economy, perhaps: Who can really afford just to pretend to DIY today?

  • Sure, some parents would rather pretend their kids would never look at that stuff.

  • Quickly, the lines between their pretend feelings for each other and their real ones are blurred.

  • Or: “Jazz: Just pretend you like it, that's what everyone else is doing.”

  • A quite young child will, for example, pretend to do something, as to take an empty cup and carry out the semblance of drinking.

  • I believe I murmured something suitable, but it was absurd to pretend to be overjoyed at the news.

  • That my aspirations were satisfied I do not pretend, for ambition forbade any settled feeling of rest or content.

  • I've only known Indian rivers for five and twenty years, and I don't pretend to understand.

  • We shall have to pretend to do some gun practice, and drop a shell on to its surface to find out.

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