| 单词 | to put on an act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put on an act P8. colloquial (originally U.S.). to put on an act: to behave insincerely, to act a part, to pretend. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] letc1000 faitc1330 counterfeitc1374 dissimulec1374 feignc1400 showc1405 supposea1450 fare1483 simule?a1500 dissemble1523 pretend1526 frame1545 cloakc1572 jouk1573 pretent1582 disguisea1586 devise1600 semble1603 coin1607 insimulate1623 fox1646 sham1787 dissimulate1796 gammon1819 to let on1822 simulate1823 possum1832 simulacrize1845 to put on an act1929 to put on (also up) a show1937 prat1967 1929 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit.-Tribune 12 Sept. 7/2 ‘I'm not putting on an act!’ protested Molly. ‘I'm telling you the truth.’ 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) viii. 235 You put on some kind of an act with Caroline, and..she fell for it. 1959 Times 1 Apr. 8/3 Some men were injured and some were ‘putting on an act’. 1995 L. Coverdale tr. A. Ernaux Frozen Woman 35 My mother disapproves of ‘fusspots’ and thinks crying is simply putting on an act. 1999 T. Harnden Bandit Country (2000) 511 Some who are openly anti SF (security forces) in public, are probably putting on an act to impress the real terrorists. < as lemmas |
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