pretend是什么意思？

pretend

英[prɪˈtend] 美[prɪˈtɛnd]

• vt. 假装，伪装，假称，装扮；
• vi. 扮演，自称，假装，矫作；
• adj. 仿制的；

第三人称单数：pretends;

过去式：pretended;

过去分词：pretended;

现在分词：pretending;

例句

• So you don't need to pretend, do you? 所以你不必装假了, 对吧?
• We clearly endorse different ideologies and it would be idle to pretend otherwise. 显然我们双方在意识形态上是互不相同的,对此无庸加以掩饰.
• Let's pretend we're on the spaceship orbiting round the earth! 让我们假装是在沿轨道绕地球运转的宇宙飞船上!
• I pretend that things are really okay when they're not. 当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。
• Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now. 今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导.
• Papa would pretend to gobble, to emphasize this " excellence. " 爸爸假装狼吞虎咽, 以强调它的 “ 可口. ”
• I do not pretend tha t my protestations should acquit me. 我并不自称我的辩护一定能使自己无罪获释.
• We won't pretend we savour the prospect of a month in prison... 我们不会装作我们满心盼望着在监狱中度过一个月。
• Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams. 在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。
• We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us... 我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。

同义词

• vt.
  pretend的同义词之：佯装;假装
  bluff, sham, act, feign, make, simulate, believe,
• pretend的同义词之：其他释义
  fake, make, bluff, act, believe, feign, masquerade, sham,

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。

英语六级真题

You can pretend that you don't like things which you are actually quite pleased about.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
Or you can pretend to like things which you are quite happy to do without
出自-2012年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  假装；伪装；装作
  If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.
  例句
  I pretend that things are really okay when they're not... 当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。 Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep... 有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
• VERB
  （做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮
  If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
  例句
  She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain... 她可以晒晒太阳，假装自己是在西班牙。 The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music. 孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。
• VERB
  自诩；自称；自以为
  If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
  例句
  We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us... 我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。 Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams. 在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  假装, 伪装,佯装
  So you don't need to pretend, do you? 所以你不必装假了, 对吧? He pretended illness. 他假装病了。 He pretended to fall over. 他假装跌倒。 They pretended that they were tourists. 他们假装是旅行者。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the enactment of a pretense;
  "it was just pretend"
• Verb
  1. make believe with the intent to deceive;
  "He feigned that he was ill""He shammed a headache"
  2. behave unnaturally or affectedly;
  "She's just acting"
  3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of;
  "pretend the title of King"
  4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;
  "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again""I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
  5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;
  "She makes like an actress"
  6. state insincerely;
  "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt""She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber""She pretends to be an expert on wine"
• Adjective
  1. imagined as in a play;
  "the make-believe world of theater""play money""dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"