feign是什么意思？

feign

英[feɪn] 美[fen]

• vt. 假装，伪装，捏造（借口、理由等），装作，创造或虚构；
• vi. 假装，装作，作假，佯作；

第三人称单数：feigns;

过去式：feigned;

过去分词：feigned;

现在分词：feigning;

例句

• She knew that her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren’t convincing. 她明白自己强作欢颜是瞒不了谁的。
• They refuse marriage and even feign poverty! 婚不肯结,还要装穷!
• One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness. 有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。
• To feel, or feign, decorous woe. 感到或装作适当的悲伤.
• She knew that her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren't convincing. 她明白自己强作欢颜是瞒不了谁的.
• One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness... 有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。

同义词

• vt. & vi.
  feign的同义词之：装作;假冒
  assume, affect, play, fake, pretend, act,
• feign的同义词之：其他释义
  play, fake, act, affect, assume, pretend, bluff,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均有"假装" 的意思
  feign常和pretend换用，一般指言行上的"装做，假装"如装无知、悲哀；装死、疯或装做睡眠等。
  pretend：指公开表示的与心里想的与客观实际不符合，含公开承认其虚假的意味。
  simulate：主要指模仿他人或他物的样子，假装具有他人或他物的特点。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  装作;假装;冒充
  If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true.
  例句
  One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness... 有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。 'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference. “贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  假装,伪装
  She knew that her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren’t convincing. 她明白自己强作欢颜是瞒不了谁的。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. make believe with the intent to deceive;
  "He feigned that he was ill""He shammed a headache"
  2. make a pretence of;
  "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger""he feigned sleep"