put-on

noun

1. 假象；骗局
   something that is done to trick or cheat people

1. Paul exposed a kind of service that appears to be spiritual but is really just a put-on, a show, an act to get attention.
   保罗揭露了一种看似属灵，但实质是伪装的事奉。
2. An assumed name; an assumed cheerfulness; a fictitious address; fictive sympathy; a pretended interest; a put-on childish voice; sham modesty.
   假名；假装的快乐；假地址；虚假的同情；假装出来的兴趣；假装的孩子声音；假虚心。
3. It's so fantastic and dripping with weirdness and irony that it's almost a put-on, until you realize it's not.
   这是如此美妙和浸着的怪事和讽刺，这几乎是一个把上，直到你意识到这不是。
4. The audience thought the47-year-old was a put-on.
   观众们认为这个47岁的电视选秀节目选手是在恶作剧。
5. She's not really angry& it's just a put-on.
   她不是真生气&这只不过是装出来的。
6. I put the question that has been on my mind throughout, namely whether all this quoting of Rawls and Shakespeare is little more than an alluring put-on to gain admirers abroad.
   我提了一个自始至终都在我头脑里萦绕的问题，引用罗尔斯和莎士比亚的名言，会不会仅仅是为了吸引外国崇拜者而拿出的作秀道具罢了？

noun

1. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

   Synonym:    anticjokepranktrickcaper

2. something intended to deceive

   Synonym:    fraudfraudulenceduperyhoaxhumbug

3. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

   Synonym:    parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquetravestycharadepasquinade