put on an act

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put on an act 的定义

  1. Pretend, especially in order to deceive; also, show off. For example, We were afraid Charlie had hurt himself, but he was just putting on an act, or We know you're a good swimmer—stop putting on an act. [c. 1930]

put on an act 近义词

v. 动词 verb

act a part

更多put on an act例句

  1. To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
  2. Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
  3. Kennedy: "Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind."
  4. Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
  5. A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
  6. He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.
  7. Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
  8. This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
  9. Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
  10. Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.