| 单词 | pretend |
| 释义 | pretend v. & adj. --v 1. tr. claim or assert falsely so as to deceive (pretend knowledge; pretended that they were foreigners). 2. tr. imagine to oneself in play (pretended to be monsters; pretended it was night). 3. tr. a profess, esp. falsely or extravagantly (does not pretend to be a scholar). b (as pretended adj.) falsely claim to be such (a pretended friend). 4. intr. (foll. by to) a lay claim to (a right or title etc.). b profess to have (a quality etc.). --adj colloq. pretended; in pretence (pretend money). Etymology: ME f. F pr{eacute}tendre or f. L (as PRAE-, tendere tent-, later tens- stretch) |
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