英语词汇“to make believe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. intransitive. to make believe: †(a) [quot. a1393 at sense 16b is after Middle French faire croire] to cause people to believe (chiefly with clause) (obsolete); (b) to pretend to do something; to simulate a belief that (also with clause alone); (now often) (of children in play, etc.) to subject oneself voluntarily to the illusion (that). Also without complement. Now often hyphenated. Cf. make-belief n., make-believe n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)]

bedidderc1000

bipechec1000

swikeOE

fodea1375

flatter1377

to make believea1393

illude1447

miscarrya1450

to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1479

delude1493

sophisticate1597

sile1608

prestigiate1647

will-o'-the-wisp1660

bilk1672

foxa1716

fickle1736

moonshine1824

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [phrase]

makec1275

to make wise1447

make as though?c1450

to let fare1483

to make a show ofa1500

to set a face1560

to take on (also upon) one(self)?1560

to make (a) miena1657

to make believe1773

to put it on1888

to play (the) fox1894

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2136 (MED) And thus Fa crere makth believe, So that fulofte he hath deceived.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xix. 2) 145 If Solomon sinned not in making beleeve he would do that which was unlawful to be done.

1716 Lady Cowper Diary (1864) 64 Some Passages were wrote on purpose to make believe it was Sir R. Steele.

1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 31 Solitude..makes believe Things that have no Existence but in the Brain.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) III. xliii. 223 A false Letter..macking believe as howe her She-cuzzen..was coming to see her.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iv. 81 You were so nice and so busy with your Shake-bags and Goose greens, that I thought you could never be making believe.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. 141 He makes believe to work a little now and then, when he's well enough.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvii. 28 When I shut my eyes, and make-believe to slumber.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 99 Do not make-believe with a shabby-genteel substitute.

1890 Spectator 15 Mar. To make believe that the country is excited about a discussion which [etc.].

1902 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession Pref. p. xxiii At such plays we do not believe: we make-believe.

1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 334 I did all that..just to make believe.

1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxv. 419 He cursed himself for making believe for a minute that things were different from what they are.

1951 G. Greene End of Affair i. vi. 37 As long as I could make-believe that love lasted, I was happy.

1974 J. Wainwright Hard Hit 38 I make-believe I am giving it careful thought.

1991 D. DeLillo Mao II i. iv. 56 I make believe I'm fat and walk with a waddle.

单词	to make believe
释义	> as lemmas to make believe d. intransitive. to make believe: †(a) [quot. a1393 at sense 16b is after Middle French faire croire] to cause people to believe (chiefly with clause) (obsolete); (b) to pretend to do something; to simulate a belief that (also with clause alone); (now often) (of children in play, etc.) to subject oneself voluntarily to the illusion (that). Also without complement. Now often hyphenated. Cf. make-belief n., make-believe n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)] bedidderc1000 bipechec1000 swikeOE fodea1375 flatter1377 to make believea1393 illude1447 miscarrya1450 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1479 delude1493 sophisticate1597 sile1608 prestigiate1647 will-o'-the-wisp1660 bilk1672 foxa1716 fickle1736 moonshine1824 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [phrase] makec1275 to make wise1447 make as though?c1450 to let fare1483 to make a show ofa1500 to set a face1560 to take on (also upon) one(self)?1560 to make (a) miena1657 to make believe1773 to put it on1888 to play (the) fox1894 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2136 (MED) And thus Fa crere makth believe, So that fulofte he hath deceived. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xix. 2) 145 If Solomon sinned not in making beleeve he would do that which was unlawful to be done. 1716 Lady Cowper Diary (1864) 64 Some Passages were wrote on purpose to make believe it was Sir R. Steele. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 31 Solitude..makes believe Things that have no Existence but in the Brain. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) III. xliii. 223 A false Letter..macking believe as howe her She-cuzzen..was coming to see her. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iv. 81 You were so nice and so busy with your Shake-bags and Goose greens, that I thought you could never be making believe. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. 141 He makes believe to work a little now and then, when he's well enough. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvii. 28 When I shut my eyes, and make-believe to slumber. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 99 Do not make-believe with a shabby-genteel substitute. 1890 Spectator 15 Mar. To make believe that the country is excited about a discussion which [etc.]. 1902 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession Pref. p. xxiii At such plays we do not believe: we make-believe. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 334 I did all that..just to make believe. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxv. 419 He cursed himself for making believe for a minute that things were different from what they are. 1951 G. Greene End of Affair i. vi. 37 As long as I could make-believe that love lasted, I was happy. 1974 J. Wainwright Hard Hit 38 I make-believe I am giving it careful thought. 1991 D. DeLillo Mao II i. iv. 56 I make believe I'm fat and walk with a waddle. extracted from makev.¹ < as lemmas
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