pretends

英 [prɪˈtendz]

美 [prɪˈtendz]

v.  假装; 佯装; (在游戏中)装扮，扮作，模拟; 自诩; 自称; 自认为
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 假装；伪装；装作
  If youpretend thatsomething is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.
  1. I pretend that things are really okay when they're not...
     当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。
  2. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...
     有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
  3. I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
     我别无他法，只能假装不知道。
• VERB （做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮
  If children or adultspretend thatthey are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
  1. She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain...
     她可以晒晒太阳，假装自己是在西班牙。
  2. The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
     孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。
• VERB 自诩；自称；自以为
  If you do notpretend thatsomething is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
  1. We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us...
     我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。
  2. Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.
     在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

双语例句

• He stays away from work and pretends that he is ill.
  他抛下工作装作他生了病。
• I speak under correction, but The Maid is full of deceit: she pretends to be devout.
  说得不对，请你们纠正。那个少女是一个心怀奸诈的人，她假装虔诚。
• Ah, he pretends to be dead.
  啊，他假装死了。
• He pretends as though he were not guilty.
  他装作无罪的样子。
• He pretends to have read that book once.
  他假装曾读过那本书。
• He pretends to know nothing about it.
  他假装不知道那件事。
• She pretends to like you, but talks about you behind your back.
  她伪称喜欢你，但在背后批评你。
• The most dangerous enemy is one who pretends to be a friend.
  装扮成朋友的敌人是最危险的。
• Otherwise, you will be like a child who sometimes pretends he or she is a wrestler, sometimes a soldier, sometimes a musician, sometimes an actor in a tragedy.
  要不然，你会像一个小孩一样，有时假装是一个摔角选手，有时是一个士兵，有时是一个音乐家，有时则是一个悲剧中的演员。
• Mark likes to tell lame jokes, but at least his girlfriend pretends to laugh.
  马克喜欢讲冷笑话，但起码他女朋友会假装笑一下。