| 释义 |
pretend/priˈtend/ v. & adj.●v. 1 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 to + infin. or that + clause) claim or assert falsely so as to deceive 佯称；佯装；欺骗说 pretend knowledge 装作有学问; pretended that they were foreigners 欺骗说他们是外国人 2 tr. imagine to oneself in play (剧中)装扮；假想 pretended to be monsters 扮演恶魔; pretended it was night 假想是在夜里 3 tr.a profess, esp. falsely or extravagantly 自称，自命 does not pretend to be a scholar 不自称学者 b (as 作 pretended adj.) falsely claim to be such 虚假的 a pretended friend 虚假的朋友 4 intr. (foll. by 后跟 to)a lay claim to (a right or title etc.) 声称有(权利、头衔等) b profess to have (a quality etc.) 自夸有(品德等) ●adj. colloq. pretended; in pretence [口]假装的；伪装的 pretend money 假币 [Middle English from French prétendre or from Latin (as PRAE-, tendere tent-, later tens- ‘stretch’)] |