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| /prɪˈtend/ |
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| 1 | I/T to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not 伪装；假装 |
| We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend? 我们完全不打算挽救我们的婚姻，那又何必装模作样呢？ |
| pretend to do sth She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. 她闭上眼睛，装作睡着了。 |
| +(that) I’ m sorry, but I can’ t just sit back and pretend it hasn’ t happened. 对不起，但是我就是不能坐视无睹，假装一切不曾发生。 |
| pretend otherwise (=pretend that something is not true) I know you hate my haircut, so it’ s no good pretending otherwise. 装出其实不然的样子 |
| pretend sth It was useless to pretend innocence. 装出一副无辜的样子是没有用的。 |
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| 2 | I/T to imagine that something is true when you are playing a game （玩游戏时）假扮，装扮 |
| +(that) They’ re pretending they’ re astronauts again. 他们又在假装自己是飞行员。 |
| pretend to do sth children running around pretending to be planes 假装自己是飞机在四周跑来跑去的孩子们 |
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| 3 | T usually in negatives to claim that something is true when it is not 谎称；佯称 |
| +(that) I’ m not going to pretend we achieved a lot. 我不打算佯称我们已经取得了诸多成就。 |
| pretend to do sth I don’ t pretend to have all the answers. 我不会谎称知道所有的答案。 |
| pretend to sth He’ s never pretended to any great knowledge of art. 他从来都不会佯称对艺术有任何高见。 |
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