1 N-UNCOUNT 虚构；虚幻 If someone is living in a make-believe world, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality. 虚构；虚幻 [disapproval]
SYN fantasy, imagination, pretence, charade
2 N-UNCOUNT （孩子们玩的）假装，假扮（游戏） You use make-believe to refer to the activity involved when a child plays a game in which they pretend something, for example that they are someone else. （孩子们玩的）假装，假扮（游戏）
3 ADJ 虚假的;虚幻的;虚构的;假装的 You use make-believe to describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be. 虚假的;虚幻的;虚构的;假装的
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In the video, Michael Jackson danced down a make-believe street protesting that 'the kid is not my son'.
录像里，迈克尔·杰克逊沿着虚设的街道一边跳舞一边抗议说：“那孩子不是我的儿子”。
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The violence in those films was too unreal, it was make-believe.
那些影片里的暴力场面太不真实了，都是假的。
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'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment.
“可是为什么呢？”他故作惊讶地问。
SYN imaginary, dream, imagined, made-up