If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
例句
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...我不明白,他为什么要大费周章,装腔作势。The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
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看手势猜字谜游戏
Charades is a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
例句
She and her three brothers played charades.她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。
英汉词典释义
n.
伪装
He wasn’t really upset—his behaviour was just a charade.他并不是真正心绪烦乱——他的行为只是荒谬的伪装。She struggled to maintain the charade of not being afraid.她竭力装出不害怕的样子。I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
2. a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades