pretending

英 [prɪˈtendɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈtendɪŋ]

v.  假装; 佯装; (在游戏中)装扮，扮作，模拟; 自诩; 自称; 自认为
pretend的现在分词

现在分词：pretending　

COCA.46129

柯林斯词典

• VERB 假装；伪装；装作
  If youpretend thatsomething is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.
  1. I pretend that things are really okay when they're not...
     当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。
  2. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...
     有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
  3. I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
     我别无他法，只能假装不知道。
• VERB （做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮
  If children or adultspretend thatthey are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
  1. She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain...
     她可以晒晒太阳，假装自己是在西班牙。
  2. The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
     孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。
• VERB 自诩；自称；自以为
  If you do notpretend thatsomething is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
  1. We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us...
     我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。
  2. Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.
     在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

英英释义

noun

• the act of giving a false appearance
  1. his conformity was only pretending
  Synonym:pretensepretencesimulationfeigning

双语例句

• He lay in the darkness, pretending to sleep.
  他躺在黑暗中，假装睡觉。
• Stop pretending to be so poor.
  别净装穷。
• The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.
  船长在船尾，假装睡着了。
• She wasn't really crying, she was only pretending.
  她并不是真哭了，她只是装出来的。
• But this time the ogre was only pretending to be asleep.
  但是这次，怪物只是假装睡着了。
• There's no sense in pretending this doesn't happen
  假装这件事没有发生毫无意义。
• You can act and pretend, but the person acting and pretending is still you.
  你可以扮演和假装，但扮演和假装的人你。
• Brian was always camping it up and pretending to be queer to make us laugh.
  为了逗我们笑，布赖恩总是矫揉造作，装得古里古怪。
• Hewitt had gained entrance to the Hall by pretending to be a heating engineer.
  休伊特装扮成供热工程师从而进入大厅。
• Yes! And we are pretending to be gods.
  对！我们假装是神。