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

verb | adjective

pretendpretend1 /prɪˈtɛnd/ ●●● S2 W2 verb

ETYMOLOGYpretend¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Latin praetendere to stretch out in front, make an excuse

VERB TABLE

pretend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pretend
	he, she, it	pretends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pretended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pretended
	he, she, it	has pretended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pretended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pretend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pretended

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

1[intransitive, transitive] to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not: He’s not asleep – he’s just pretending.pretend (that) We can’t just go on pretending that everything is OK.pretend to be Rose didn’t even pretend to be interested.pretend to do something She picked up a newspaper and pretended to read it.2[transitive usually in negatives] to claim that something is true when it is not: pretend to do something I can’t pretend to understand all the technical terms (=I admit I do not understand it).pretend (that) I won’t pretend it was easy to do.3[intransitive, transitive] to imagine something is true or real, as a game: pretend (that) Let’s pretend we live in a cave! [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin praetendere to stretch out in front, make an excuse]