| 释义 |
Verb: pretend pri'tend- Make believe with the intent to deceive
- feign, sham, affect, dissemble - Behave unnaturally or affectedly
- dissemble, act - Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
"pretend the title of King" - Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- guess, venture, hazard - Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make, make believe - State insincerely
"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
- profess
Noun: pretend pri'tend- The enactment of a pretence
"it was just pretend"
- make-believe
Adjective: pretend pri'tend- Imagined as in a play
"dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
- make-believe
Derived forms: pretended, pretends, pretending See also: pretender, pretense [N. Amer], pretension, unreal Type of: act, arrogate, belie, claim, feigning, lay claim, misrepresent, play, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], represent, simulation, speculate Encyclopedia: Pretend |