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

feignfeign /feɪn/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYfeign

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French feindre, from Latin fingere to shape, pretend

VERB TABLE

feign

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	feign
	he, she, it	feigns
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	feigned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have feigned
	he, she, it	has feigned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had feigned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will feign
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have feigned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am feigning
	he, she, it	is feigning
	you, we, they	are feigning
Past	I, he, she, it	was feigning
	you, we, they	were feigning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been feigning
	he, she, it	has been feigning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been feigning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be feigning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been feigning

to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be sick, asleep, etc.: Christina feigned interest. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French feindre, from Latin fingere to shape, pretend]