Definition of pretend in English:

pretend

verb prɪˈtɛndprəˈtɛnd

1with clause or infinitive Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
伪称，佯称；假装，佯装
I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep
我闭上眼睛假装睡着了。
she turned the pages and pretended to read
她翻着书假装在看。
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm starting to think she's just plain dumb and not the conservative intellectual she pretends to be.
- Since every decadent man who pretends to have a plan and philosophy attracts followers, I will have my share too.
- She pretends to be innocent around my family but, at the mall, she's all flirty.
- Only one of them pretends to be historical, the other freely admits she is not.
- It's a familiar enough premise: a man loses his job but doesn't tell his family and pretends to go to work every day as normal.
- Everyone looks groomed, and pretends to be happy to be back.
- The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and pretend that you haven't seen it.
- They could pretend that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback.
- The district council pretends to be interested in cleaning up public spaces, but on this issue it has been totally weak and ineffective.
- One of them claims to be an insurance agent, another one pretends to work for a car dealership.
- He closes his eyes, and pretends that he is asleep for the rest of the time.
- During a particularly spiritual assembly, Cassandra stands up and pretends to talk in tongues.
- Scientists have found yellow rice an unlikely solution to the problem it pretends to address.
- They could in fact merely be pretending not to be Masons.
- This literature not only pretends to know the odds, it claims to know the cash value of one's unlucky number coming up.
- Couldn't we have picked a group that at least pretends to be neutral?
- Unable to tell his wife that he's lost his job as an accountant, he pretends to go to work when really he spends the day drifting through London.
- Anybody that pretends to do that in the United States will be very, very severely punished.
- She lifted her book and pretended that she was reading.
- He never uses allusions, elliptical expressions, never pretends to know what he doesn't.
Synonyms
make as if, profess, affect
dissimulate, dissemble, pose, posture, put it on, put on a false front, go through the motions, sham, fake it
informal kid
1. 1.1 Engage in an imaginative game or fantasy.
  children pretending to be grown-ups
  玩装扮大人的孩子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I believe that I am a complete psycho and I pretend that Chase is this forsaken love that will make me all better.
  When he does, will he play the party game and try to pretend the elephants aren't there?
  Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to pretend that Lisa is somehow still alive.
  As long as we're playing make believe, why not pretend that plot matters.
  This fantasy allows us to pretend that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count.
  He threw his arms in the air pretending he was in a real game and he was the star.
  Sometimes, when I was playing in a football game, I would stare at Susan and pretend she came to cheer me on.
  I did a lot of role-playing on the beach, pretending to be all sorts of people.
  Fearing the worst, he decides to pretend that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in.
  For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to pretend that she lived in high society.
  Jerry will pretend he is not a marone, because this game is a fantasy!
  Back then I used to play games and pretend I was a secret agent and such.
  It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold.
  As to what magic is all about, I was always given to the believe that magic was mostly just about bragging and pretending.
  SNL Alumni Adam Sandler and Chris Rock do a bit where Rock pretends to be Catherine Zeta-Jones.
  He wants to see Catherine and wants her to pretend that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together.
  She had enjoyed slipping away into their make believe world and pretending she was the heroine.
  Beth rolled her eyes at her, then put up an imaginary microphone, pretending that she was a game show host.
  You can go to land of make believe and you can pretend, but in the end you still have no friends Ted, I think this is goodbye.
  Imagine or pretend that you are in a beautiful spot in nature looking out over a vast horizon where a wonderful future awaits you.
  Synonyms
  put on an act, make believe, play at, act, play-act, pass oneself off as, bluff, impersonate
2. 1.2with object Give the appearance of feeling or possessing (an emotion or quality); simulate.
  装作；模仿
  she pretended a greater surprise than she felt
  她装出比她感受到的还要吃惊的样子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The disgusting picture of a woman who pretends zeal for the happiness of Africa, and is constantly employed in securing a life of misery to her own children, is a laboured work of art in his present exhibition.
  Her father stands, moves over to the curtains, opens them slightly and pretends some interest outside as a distraction to his answer.
  She favoured me with another small grin and withdrew her hand, pretending an exaggerated interest in watching as her claws retracted.
  He is a member who is given to anger, a member who can display anger and can pretend anger, but underneath it actually is anger, as well.
  Every spring pretends a pity for pretty, short-lived things.
  It pretends sympathy for them, but offers them nothing but hate for strangers.
  This one turns out to be a handsome if grumpy Famous Writer for whom she pretends an interest in cars, sports and wine.
  I realize that I've manipulated others, trying to draw sympathy by pretending weakness.
  He pretended outrage, though it was only half-hearted, exhausted as he was.
  Tory pretended disgust and turned away to avoid staring at the strawberry blonde actress.
  Even pretended disinterest can destroy thought, or pretended interest can give room for ideas to coalesce.
  Each of us (we're men here) pretends appreciation for the way she slips from point to point.
  We're pretending this whole love thing to save both of our careers because of a horrible mistake.
  I am glad that he knows when to pretend fear; it might save his non-life some day.
  No one pretends an interest: at 4 a.m. it's too late to care.
  See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to pretend surprise that the Government lies.
  Lodovico, with Brabanzio's brother Graziano, hears the wounded men: Iago, feigning to help, stabs Roderigo, then pretends horror on finding him dead.
  Jason argued another possibility in his head; Paul could be pretending friendship in order to be close to Kirby.
  Synonyms
  feign, sham, fake, simulate, put on, counterfeit, affect
  fake, faked, affected, assumed, professed, purported, spurious, ostensible, quasi-, contrived, in name only
  insincere, hypocritical, mock, imitation, simulated, so-called, make-believe, pseudo, sham, false, bogus
  counterfeit, fraudulent, forged
  informal pretend, phoney
2pretend tono object Lay claim to (a quality or title)
自称，自封，自夸
he cannot pretend to sophistication
他不能自夸老练。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a self-styled anti-globalisation movement that pretends to the contrary.
- But it is an impostor, a sort of Toad Hall that pretends to an amplitude and height it hasn't got.
Synonyms
lay claim to, say that one owns, assert ownership of, formally request

adjective prɪˈtɛndprəˈtɛnd

informal

attributive Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary.
〈非正式〉伪装的，假装的，仿制的（用于游戏、欺骗）装扮的
the children poured out pretend tea for the dolls
孩子们假装为洋娃娃倒茶。
Example sentencesExamples
- Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a pretend cause!
- At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a pretend way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves.
- Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off pretend sea gulls, you understand.
- ‘There is no point in having a pretend vote on a pretend treaty,’ he said.
- It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat pretend chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea.
- Boys and young men with pretend guns were being given military drill and taught blood-curdling, screamed chants.
- The dolls are to be served a pretend lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate.
- We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for pretend purposes.
- I can't be the only adult to play for pretend money around the Monopoly board, but at least that requires some sense of the world outside me.
- If using pretend news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy.
- You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a pretend celebrity with a wallet to be taxed.
- There would be no safe haven for them, if the West was prepared to be an equal partner (not just a pretend one).
- Build a fire (real or pretend depending on fire restrictions) and tell stories.
- I don't know why the pretend face ruined it for me, but it did.
- In the home center, children prepare a pretend picnic for an imaginary vacation.
- Before we knew it, it was time to say goodnight - the pretend goodnight before the encore - so we knew there was more.
- Then, to secure the best security scoop yet, the journo brought in pretend bomb-making equipment in his rucksack.
- They ride around on pretend horses while knocking coconuts together and often break into spontaneous song.
- He fondly recalls his first foray into musicals being a show about a snowman in which he had to throw pieces of paper as pretend snow.
- And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a pretend human being?
Synonyms
imaginary, imagined, pretended, make-believe, made-up, fantasy, fantasized, fancied, dream, dreamed-up, unreal, fanciful, invented, fictitious, fictive, mythical, feigned, fake, mock, imitative, sham, simulated, artificial, ersatz, dummy, false, faux, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, fraudulent, forged, pseudo
informal phoney
South African informal play-play

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin praetendere 'stretch forth, claim', from prae 'before' + tendere 'stretch'. The adjective dates from the early 20th century.

The basic idea behind pretend is that you claim to be something that you are not. It comes from Latin praetendere ‘to claim, put forward’, from prae ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch, hold out’.

Definition of pretend in US English:

pretend

verbprəˈtendprəˈtɛnd

1with clause or infinitive Speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
伪称，佯称；假装，佯装
I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep
我闭上眼睛假装睡着了。
she turned the pages and pretended to read
她翻着书假装在看。
Example sentencesExamples
- Everyone looks groomed, and pretends to be happy to be back.
- This literature not only pretends to know the odds, it claims to know the cash value of one's unlucky number coming up.
- Since every decadent man who pretends to have a plan and philosophy attracts followers, I will have my share too.
- The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and pretend that you haven't seen it.
- Anybody that pretends to do that in the United States will be very, very severely punished.
- He closes his eyes, and pretends that he is asleep for the rest of the time.
- Scientists have found yellow rice an unlikely solution to the problem it pretends to address.
- They could pretend that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback.
- I'm starting to think she's just plain dumb and not the conservative intellectual she pretends to be.
- It's a familiar enough premise: a man loses his job but doesn't tell his family and pretends to go to work every day as normal.
- She pretends to be innocent around my family but, at the mall, she's all flirty.
- He never uses allusions, elliptical expressions, never pretends to know what he doesn't.
- Couldn't we have picked a group that at least pretends to be neutral?
- One of them claims to be an insurance agent, another one pretends to work for a car dealership.
- She lifted her book and pretended that she was reading.
- Unable to tell his wife that he's lost his job as an accountant, he pretends to go to work when really he spends the day drifting through London.
- Only one of them pretends to be historical, the other freely admits she is not.
- They could in fact merely be pretending not to be Masons.
- During a particularly spiritual assembly, Cassandra stands up and pretends to talk in tongues.
- The district council pretends to be interested in cleaning up public spaces, but on this issue it has been totally weak and ineffective.
Synonyms
make as if, profess, affect
1. 1.1 Engage in a game or fantasy that involves supposing something that is not the case to be so.
  装扮
  children pretending to be grown-ups
  玩装扮大人的孩子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He threw his arms in the air pretending he was in a real game and he was the star.
  He wants to see Catherine and wants her to pretend that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together.
  Fearing the worst, he decides to pretend that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in.
  I believe that I am a complete psycho and I pretend that Chase is this forsaken love that will make me all better.
  You can go to land of make believe and you can pretend, but in the end you still have no friends Ted, I think this is goodbye.
  Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to pretend that Lisa is somehow still alive.
  Back then I used to play games and pretend I was a secret agent and such.
  I did a lot of role-playing on the beach, pretending to be all sorts of people.
  For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to pretend that she lived in high society.
  Sometimes, when I was playing in a football game, I would stare at Susan and pretend she came to cheer me on.
  Imagine or pretend that you are in a beautiful spot in nature looking out over a vast horizon where a wonderful future awaits you.
  When he does, will he play the party game and try to pretend the elephants aren't there?
  Beth rolled her eyes at her, then put up an imaginary microphone, pretending that she was a game show host.
  It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold.
  SNL Alumni Adam Sandler and Chris Rock do a bit where Rock pretends to be Catherine Zeta-Jones.
  Jerry will pretend he is not a marone, because this game is a fantasy!
  As to what magic is all about, I was always given to the believe that magic was mostly just about bragging and pretending.
  As long as we're playing make believe, why not pretend that plot matters.
  She had enjoyed slipping away into their make believe world and pretending she was the heroine.
  This fantasy allows us to pretend that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count.
  Synonyms
  put on an act, make believe, play at, act, play-act, pass oneself off as, bluff, impersonate
2. 1.2with object Give the appearance of feeling or possessing (an emotion or quality); simulate.
  装作；模仿
  she pretended a greater surprise than she felt
  她装出比她感受到的还要吃惊的样子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I am glad that he knows when to pretend fear; it might save his non-life some day.
  Tory pretended disgust and turned away to avoid staring at the strawberry blonde actress.
  We're pretending this whole love thing to save both of our careers because of a horrible mistake.
  The disgusting picture of a woman who pretends zeal for the happiness of Africa, and is constantly employed in securing a life of misery to her own children, is a laboured work of art in his present exhibition.
  I realize that I've manipulated others, trying to draw sympathy by pretending weakness.
  She favoured me with another small grin and withdrew her hand, pretending an exaggerated interest in watching as her claws retracted.
  Her father stands, moves over to the curtains, opens them slightly and pretends some interest outside as a distraction to his answer.
  He pretended outrage, though it was only half-hearted, exhausted as he was.
  See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to pretend surprise that the Government lies.
  Jason argued another possibility in his head; Paul could be pretending friendship in order to be close to Kirby.
  Each of us (we're men here) pretends appreciation for the way she slips from point to point.
  Every spring pretends a pity for pretty, short-lived things.
  Even pretended disinterest can destroy thought, or pretended interest can give room for ideas to coalesce.
  Lodovico, with Brabanzio's brother Graziano, hears the wounded men: Iago, feigning to help, stabs Roderigo, then pretends horror on finding him dead.
  It pretends sympathy for them, but offers them nothing but hate for strangers.
  This one turns out to be a handsome if grumpy Famous Writer for whom she pretends an interest in cars, sports and wine.
  No one pretends an interest: at 4 a.m. it's too late to care.
  He is a member who is given to anger, a member who can display anger and can pretend anger, but underneath it actually is anger, as well.
  Synonyms
  fake, faked, affected, assumed, professed, purported, spurious, ostensible, quasi-, contrived, in name only
  feign, sham, fake, simulate, put on, counterfeit, affect
2pretend tono object Lay claim to (a quality or title)
自称，自封，自夸
he cannot pretend to sophistication
他不能自夸老练。
Example sentencesExamples
- But it is an impostor, a sort of Toad Hall that pretends to an amplitude and height it hasn't got.
- There is a self-styled anti-globalisation movement that pretends to the contrary.
Synonyms
lay claim to, say that one owns, assert ownership of, formally request

adjectiveprəˈtendprəˈtɛnd

informal

attributive Not really what it is represented as being; used in a game or deception.
〈非正式〉伪装的，假装的，仿制的（用于游戏、欺骗）装扮的
the children are pouring out pretend tea for the dolls
孩子们假装为洋娃娃倒茶。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the home center, children prepare a pretend picnic for an imaginary vacation.
- ‘There is no point in having a pretend vote on a pretend treaty,’ he said.
- Boys and young men with pretend guns were being given military drill and taught blood-curdling, screamed chants.
- Then, to secure the best security scoop yet, the journo brought in pretend bomb-making equipment in his rucksack.
- Before we knew it, it was time to say goodnight - the pretend goodnight before the encore - so we knew there was more.
- It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat pretend chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea.
- And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a pretend human being?
- We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for pretend purposes.
- Build a fire (real or pretend depending on fire restrictions) and tell stories.
- I don't know why the pretend face ruined it for me, but it did.
- The dolls are to be served a pretend lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate.
- There would be no safe haven for them, if the West was prepared to be an equal partner (not just a pretend one).
- They ride around on pretend horses while knocking coconuts together and often break into spontaneous song.
- Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a pretend cause!
- He fondly recalls his first foray into musicals being a show about a snowman in which he had to throw pieces of paper as pretend snow.
- You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a pretend celebrity with a wallet to be taxed.
- At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a pretend way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves.
- I can't be the only adult to play for pretend money around the Monopoly board, but at least that requires some sense of the world outside me.
- If using pretend news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy.
- Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off pretend sea gulls, you understand.
Synonyms
imaginary, imagined, pretended, make-believe, made-up, fantasy, fantasized, fancied, dream, dreamed-up, unreal, fanciful, invented, fictitious, fictive, mythical, feigned, fake, mock, imitative, sham, simulated, artificial, ersatz, dummy, false, faux, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, fraudulent, forged, pseudo

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th century.

单词	pretend
释义	Definition of pretend in English: pretend verb prɪˈtɛndprəˈtɛnd 1with clause or infinitive Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. 伪称，佯称；假装，佯装 I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep 我闭上眼睛假装睡着了。 she turned the pages and pretended to read 她翻着书假装在看。 Example sentencesExamples I'm starting to think she's just plain dumb and not the conservative intellectual she pretends to be. Since every decadent man who pretends to have a plan and philosophy attracts followers, I will have my share too. She pretends to be innocent around my family but, at the mall, she's all flirty. Only one of them pretends to be historical, the other freely admits she is not. It's a familiar enough premise: a man loses his job but doesn't tell his family and pretends to go to work every day as normal. Everyone looks groomed, and pretends to be happy to be back. The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and pretend that you haven't seen it. They could pretend that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback. The district council pretends to be interested in cleaning up public spaces, but on this issue it has been totally weak and ineffective. One of them claims to be an insurance agent, another one pretends to work for a car dealership. He closes his eyes, and pretends that he is asleep for the rest of the time. During a particularly spiritual assembly, Cassandra stands up and pretends to talk in tongues. Scientists have found yellow rice an unlikely solution to the problem it pretends to address. They could in fact merely be pretending not to be Masons. This literature not only pretends to know the odds, it claims to know the cash value of one's unlucky number coming up. Couldn't we have picked a group that at least pretends to be neutral? Unable to tell his wife that he's lost his job as an accountant, he pretends to go to work when really he spends the day drifting through London. Anybody that pretends to do that in the United States will be very, very severely punished. She lifted her book and pretended that she was reading. He never uses allusions, elliptical expressions, never pretends to know what he doesn't. Synonyms make as if, profess, affect dissimulate, dissemble, pose, posture, put it on, put on a false front, go through the motions, sham, fake it informal kid 1.1 Engage in an imaginative game or fantasy. children pretending to be grown-ups 玩装扮大人的孩子。 Example sentencesExamples I believe that I am a complete psycho and I pretend that Chase is this forsaken love that will make me all better. When he does, will he play the party game and try to pretend the elephants aren't there? Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to pretend that Lisa is somehow still alive. As long as we're playing make believe, why not pretend that plot matters. This fantasy allows us to pretend that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count. He threw his arms in the air pretending he was in a real game and he was the star. Sometimes, when I was playing in a football game, I would stare at Susan and pretend she came to cheer me on. I did a lot of role-playing on the beach, pretending to be all sorts of people. Fearing the worst, he decides to pretend that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in. For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to pretend that she lived in high society. Jerry will pretend he is not a marone, because this game is a fantasy! Back then I used to play games and pretend I was a secret agent and such. It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold. As to what magic is all about, I was always given to the believe that magic was mostly just about bragging and pretending. SNL Alumni Adam Sandler and Chris Rock do a bit where Rock pretends to be Catherine Zeta-Jones. He wants to see Catherine and wants her to pretend that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together. She had enjoyed slipping away into their make believe world and pretending she was the heroine. Beth rolled her eyes at her, then put up an imaginary microphone, pretending that she was a game show host. You can go to land of make believe and you can pretend, but in the end you still have no friends Ted, I think this is goodbye. Imagine or pretend that you are in a beautiful spot in nature looking out over a vast horizon where a wonderful future awaits you. Synonyms put on an act, make believe, play at, act, play-act, pass oneself off as, bluff, impersonate 1.2with object Give the appearance of feeling or possessing (an emotion or quality); simulate. 装作；模仿 she pretended a greater surprise than she felt 她装出比她感受到的还要吃惊的样子。 Example sentencesExamples The disgusting picture of a woman who pretends zeal for the happiness of Africa, and is constantly employed in securing a life of misery to her own children, is a laboured work of art in his present exhibition. Her father stands, moves over to the curtains, opens them slightly and pretends some interest outside as a distraction to his answer. She favoured me with another small grin and withdrew her hand, pretending an exaggerated interest in watching as her claws retracted. He is a member who is given to anger, a member who can display anger and can pretend anger, but underneath it actually is anger, as well. Every spring pretends a pity for pretty, short-lived things. It pretends sympathy for them, but offers them nothing but hate for strangers. This one turns out to be a handsome if grumpy Famous Writer for whom she pretends an interest in cars, sports and wine. I realize that I've manipulated others, trying to draw sympathy by pretending weakness. He pretended outrage, though it was only half-hearted, exhausted as he was. Tory pretended disgust and turned away to avoid staring at the strawberry blonde actress. Even pretended disinterest can destroy thought, or pretended interest can give room for ideas to coalesce. Each of us (we're men here) pretends appreciation for the way she slips from point to point. We're pretending this whole love thing to save both of our careers because of a horrible mistake. I am glad that he knows when to pretend fear; it might save his non-life some day. No one pretends an interest: at 4 a.m. it's too late to care. See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to pretend surprise that the Government lies. Lodovico, with Brabanzio's brother Graziano, hears the wounded men: Iago, feigning to help, stabs Roderigo, then pretends horror on finding him dead. Jason argued another possibility in his head; Paul could be pretending friendship in order to be close to Kirby. Synonyms feign, sham, fake, simulate, put on, counterfeit, affect fake, faked, affected, assumed, professed, purported, spurious, ostensible, quasi-, contrived, in name only insincere, hypocritical, mock, imitation, simulated, so-called, make-believe, pseudo, sham, false, bogus counterfeit, fraudulent, forged informal pretend, phoney 2pretend tono object Lay claim to (a quality or title) 自称，自封，自夸 he cannot pretend to sophistication 他不能自夸老练。 Example sentencesExamples There is a self-styled anti-globalisation movement that pretends to the contrary. But it is an impostor, a sort of Toad Hall that pretends to an amplitude and height it hasn't got. Synonyms lay claim to, say that one owns, assert ownership of, formally request adjective prɪˈtɛndprəˈtɛnd informal attributive Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary. 〈非正式〉伪装的，假装的，仿制的（用于游戏、欺骗）装扮的 the children poured out pretend tea for the dolls 孩子们假装为洋娃娃倒茶。 Example sentencesExamples Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a pretend cause! At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a pretend way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves. Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off pretend sea gulls, you understand. ‘There is no point in having a pretend vote on a pretend treaty,’ he said. It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat pretend chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea. Boys and young men with pretend guns were being given military drill and taught blood-curdling, screamed chants. The dolls are to be served a pretend lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate. We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for pretend purposes. I can't be the only adult to play for pretend money around the Monopoly board, but at least that requires some sense of the world outside me. If using pretend news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy. You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a pretend celebrity with a wallet to be taxed. There would be no safe haven for them, if the West was prepared to be an equal partner (not just a pretend one). Build a fire (real or pretend depending on fire restrictions) and tell stories. I don't know why the pretend face ruined it for me, but it did. In the home center, children prepare a pretend picnic for an imaginary vacation. Before we knew it, it was time to say goodnight - the pretend goodnight before the encore - so we knew there was more. Then, to secure the best security scoop yet, the journo brought in pretend bomb-making equipment in his rucksack. They ride around on pretend horses while knocking coconuts together and often break into spontaneous song. He fondly recalls his first foray into musicals being a show about a snowman in which he had to throw pieces of paper as pretend snow. And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a pretend human being? Synonyms imaginary, imagined, pretended, make-believe, made-up, fantasy, fantasized, fancied, dream, dreamed-up, unreal, fanciful, invented, fictitious, fictive, mythical, feigned, fake, mock, imitative, sham, simulated, artificial, ersatz, dummy, false, faux, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, fraudulent, forged, pseudo informal phoney South African informal play-play Origin Late Middle English: from Latin praetendere 'stretch forth, claim', from prae 'before' + tendere 'stretch'. The adjective dates from the early 20th century. The basic idea behind pretend is that you claim to be something that you are not. It comes from Latin praetendere ‘to claim, put forward’, from prae ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch, hold out’. Definition of pretend in US English: pretend verbprəˈtendprəˈtɛnd 1with clause or infinitive Speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. 伪称，佯称；假装，佯装 I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep 我闭上眼睛假装睡着了。 she turned the pages and pretended to read 她翻着书假装在看。 Example sentencesExamples Everyone looks groomed, and pretends to be happy to be back. This literature not only pretends to know the odds, it claims to know the cash value of one's unlucky number coming up. Since every decadent man who pretends to have a plan and philosophy attracts followers, I will have my share too. The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and pretend that you haven't seen it. Anybody that pretends to do that in the United States will be very, very severely punished. He closes his eyes, and pretends that he is asleep for the rest of the time. Scientists have found yellow rice an unlikely solution to the problem it pretends to address. They could pretend that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback. I'm starting to think she's just plain dumb and not the conservative intellectual she pretends to be. It's a familiar enough premise: a man loses his job but doesn't tell his family and pretends to go to work every day as normal. She pretends to be innocent around my family but, at the mall, she's all flirty. He never uses allusions, elliptical expressions, never pretends to know what he doesn't. Couldn't we have picked a group that at least pretends to be neutral? One of them claims to be an insurance agent, another one pretends to work for a car dealership. She lifted her book and pretended that she was reading. Unable to tell his wife that he's lost his job as an accountant, he pretends to go to work when really he spends the day drifting through London. Only one of them pretends to be historical, the other freely admits she is not. They could in fact merely be pretending not to be Masons. During a particularly spiritual assembly, Cassandra stands up and pretends to talk in tongues. The district council pretends to be interested in cleaning up public spaces, but on this issue it has been totally weak and ineffective. Synonyms make as if, profess, affect 1.1 Engage in a game or fantasy that involves supposing something that is not the case to be so. 装扮 children pretending to be grown-ups 玩装扮大人的孩子。 Example sentencesExamples He threw his arms in the air pretending he was in a real game and he was the star. He wants to see Catherine and wants her to pretend that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together. Fearing the worst, he decides to pretend that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in. I believe that I am a complete psycho and I pretend that Chase is this forsaken love that will make me all better. You can go to land of make believe and you can pretend, but in the end you still have no friends Ted, I think this is goodbye. Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to pretend that Lisa is somehow still alive. Back then I used to play games and pretend I was a secret agent and such. I did a lot of role-playing on the beach, pretending to be all sorts of people. For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to pretend that she lived in high society. Sometimes, when I was playing in a football game, I would stare at Susan and pretend she came to cheer me on. Imagine or pretend that you are in a beautiful spot in nature looking out over a vast horizon where a wonderful future awaits you. When he does, will he play the party game and try to pretend the elephants aren't there? Beth rolled her eyes at her, then put up an imaginary microphone, pretending that she was a game show host. It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold. SNL Alumni Adam Sandler and Chris Rock do a bit where Rock pretends to be Catherine Zeta-Jones. Jerry will pretend he is not a marone, because this game is a fantasy! As to what magic is all about, I was always given to the believe that magic was mostly just about bragging and pretending. As long as we're playing make believe, why not pretend that plot matters. She had enjoyed slipping away into their make believe world and pretending she was the heroine. This fantasy allows us to pretend that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count. Synonyms put on an act, make believe, play at, act, play-act, pass oneself off as, bluff, impersonate 1.2with object Give the appearance of feeling or possessing (an emotion or quality); simulate. 装作；模仿 she pretended a greater surprise than she felt 她装出比她感受到的还要吃惊的样子。 Example sentencesExamples I am glad that he knows when to pretend fear; it might save his non-life some day. Tory pretended disgust and turned away to avoid staring at the strawberry blonde actress. We're pretending this whole love thing to save both of our careers because of a horrible mistake. The disgusting picture of a woman who pretends zeal for the happiness of Africa, and is constantly employed in securing a life of misery to her own children, is a laboured work of art in his present exhibition. I realize that I've manipulated others, trying to draw sympathy by pretending weakness. She favoured me with another small grin and withdrew her hand, pretending an exaggerated interest in watching as her claws retracted. Her father stands, moves over to the curtains, opens them slightly and pretends some interest outside as a distraction to his answer. He pretended outrage, though it was only half-hearted, exhausted as he was. See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to pretend surprise that the Government lies. Jason argued another possibility in his head; Paul could be pretending friendship in order to be close to Kirby. Each of us (we're men here) pretends appreciation for the way she slips from point to point. Every spring pretends a pity for pretty, short-lived things. Even pretended disinterest can destroy thought, or pretended interest can give room for ideas to coalesce. Lodovico, with Brabanzio's brother Graziano, hears the wounded men: Iago, feigning to help, stabs Roderigo, then pretends horror on finding him dead. It pretends sympathy for them, but offers them nothing but hate for strangers. This one turns out to be a handsome if grumpy Famous Writer for whom she pretends an interest in cars, sports and wine. No one pretends an interest: at 4 a.m. it's too late to care. He is a member who is given to anger, a member who can display anger and can pretend anger, but underneath it actually is anger, as well. Synonyms fake, faked, affected, assumed, professed, purported, spurious, ostensible, quasi-, contrived, in name only feign, sham, fake, simulate, put on, counterfeit, affect 2pretend tono object Lay claim to (a quality or title) 自称，自封，自夸 he cannot pretend to sophistication 他不能自夸老练。 Example sentencesExamples But it is an impostor, a sort of Toad Hall that pretends to an amplitude and height it hasn't got. There is a self-styled anti-globalisation movement that pretends to the contrary. Synonyms lay claim to, say that one owns, assert ownership of, formally request adjectiveprəˈtendprəˈtɛnd informal attributive Not really what it is represented as being; used in a game or deception. 〈非正式〉伪装的，假装的，仿制的（用于游戏、欺骗）装扮的 the children are pouring out pretend tea for the dolls 孩子们假装为洋娃娃倒茶。 Example sentencesExamples In the home center, children prepare a pretend picnic for an imaginary vacation. ‘There is no point in having a pretend vote on a pretend treaty,’ he said. Boys and young men with pretend guns were being given military drill and taught blood-curdling, screamed chants. Then, to secure the best security scoop yet, the journo brought in pretend bomb-making equipment in his rucksack. Before we knew it, it was time to say goodnight - the pretend goodnight before the encore - so we knew there was more. It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat pretend chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea. And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a pretend human being? We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for pretend purposes. Build a fire (real or pretend depending on fire restrictions) and tell stories. I don't know why the pretend face ruined it for me, but it did. The dolls are to be served a pretend lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate. There would be no safe haven for them, if the West was prepared to be an equal partner (not just a pretend one). They ride around on pretend horses while knocking coconuts together and often break into spontaneous song. Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a pretend cause! He fondly recalls his first foray into musicals being a show about a snowman in which he had to throw pieces of paper as pretend snow. You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a pretend celebrity with a wallet to be taxed. At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a pretend way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves. I can't be the only adult to play for pretend money around the Monopoly board, but at least that requires some sense of the world outside me. If using pretend news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy. Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off pretend sea gulls, you understand. Synonyms imaginary, imagined, pretended, make-believe, made-up, fantasy, fantasized, fancied, dream, dreamed-up, unreal, fanciful, invented, fictitious, fictive, mythical, feigned, fake, mock, imitative, sham, simulated, artificial, ersatz, dummy, false, faux, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, fraudulent, forged, pseudo Origin Late Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th century.
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