pretend

释义

v.假装; 扮作; 自诩adj.假装的

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   pretends ; 过去式 :   pretended ; 过去分词 :   pretended ; 现在分词 :   pretending ;

实用场景例句

I pretend everything is fine even when it's not...

即使情况不好我也假装一切都好...

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The little one sometimes pretended to be sound asleep.

这个小家伙有时会假装睡得很熟。

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Lying on the grass and pretending to enjoy the warmth, she daydreams about a vacation along the coasts of Spain and Portugal.

躺在草地上假装享受温暖，她幻想着在西班牙和葡萄牙海岸度假的情景。

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Children pretend to be diverse animals swaying in sync with the musical beats.

孩子们假装是各种动物，随着音乐节拍同步摇摆。

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We don't pretend to have achieved perfection despite the numerous obstacles encountered in the past five years.

我们并不假装在过去五年遇到的众多障碍中取得了完美的成就。

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I wouldn't pretend to have a complete understanding of dreams after this lecture.

我不敢假装在这次讲座后能完全理解梦境。

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She's fed up with having to pretend every day.

她厌倦了每天都要假装。

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I'm sick of having to pretend every day.

我厌倦了每天都得假装。

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Certainly I was mistaken; it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise.

当然是我弄错了；假装没错就是不诚实了。

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She pretended to her friends that she was happy.

她对朋友们假装自己很开心。

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He didn't trust her, though he pretended to.

他并不信任她，尽管他装出信任的样子。

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She pretended enthusiasm she did not possess.

她毫无热情却装作有。

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They couldn't afford real tickets so they had to pretend.

他们买不起真票，就用假票代替。

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I can't pretend to any great artistic skill.

我不能妄称自己多有艺术才能。

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I don't pretend (that) I have all the answers, but...

我不敢说自己知道所有的答案，但是...

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真题例句

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

I'm not suggesting you ignore problems, or that you pretend things are better than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are— at least most of the time, and especially when it's not a really big deal.

2015年高考英语福建卷 完形填空 原文

So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

英英释义

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"