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

  1. VERB 假装;伪装;装作
    If you pretend that something 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。
  2. VERB (做游戏等时)假装,假扮,装扮
    If children or adults pretend that they 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。
  3. VERB 自诩;自称;自以为
    If you do not pretend that something 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

  1. He pretends to know nothing about it.
    他假装不知道那件事。
  2. 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。
  3. Someone who pretends that famous people are his her friends.
    假装是一位著名人物的朋友的人。
  4. The essential characteristic of pseudo-science is not the examination and pretends the real fraudulence;
    伪科学的本质特征是不可检验性和以假冒真的欺骗性;
  5. In order to carry this out, Hamlet pretends to be mad.
    为了报仇,哈姆雷特假装疯了。
  6. He pretends he's been around but he's really very immature.
    他装作老於世故,而实际上却很不成熟。
  7. He's the kind of man the world pretends to look up to, and in fact despises.
    他高尚,他纯洁。好像整个世界都在仰视,实际上,这个世界对他根本不屑一顾。
  8. 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。
  9. He stays away from work and pretends that he is ill.
    他抛下工作装作他生了病。
  10. Ah, he pretends to be dead.
    啊,他假装死了。
  11. 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。
  12. Sagar pretends that after getting beat up he is mentally ill again and the two of them go home.
    萨格尔假装起床后殴打他是精神病患者再次和他们俩回家。
  13. She pretends to is friendly but I've got her number; she just likes to know everything.
    她装得挺亲热,可我了解她的底;她就是什麽事都爱打听。
  14. Jeff always poaches my ideas, and then pretends that they're his own.
    杰夫经常盗用我的想法,还假冒是他自己的。
  15. He pretends to know about the best restaurants in Athens, yet he's really only an armchair traveller.
    他自称熟悉雅典最好的饭店,然而他实在只是一个足不出户的神游旅行者。
  16. 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。
  17. Like the US, Beijing worries Pakistan may not always crack down as hard on terrorists as it pretends.
    和美国一样,中国也担心巴基斯坦对恐怖分子的打击不一定像表面上那样严厉。
  18. He pretends to have read that book once.
    他假装曾读过那本书。
  19. He pretends to look for a book.
    他假装在找一本书。
  20. He pretends to be friendly with girls. That is his usual practice.
    他对女孩装作很友好,这是他一贯的作法。
  21. He pretends as though he were not guilty.
    他装作无罪的样子。
  22. He pretends to know her better than he would, if he were a close friend of hers.
    他装出一副对她深有了解的样子,就像她是他的密友。
  23. He pretends to have supernatural powers.
    他假装有超自然的能力。
  24. She pretends to have been helped with her work.
    她假装她的工作是在别人帮助下完成的。
  25. He just pretends to be meek so he can have his own way.
    他假装温顺,然后可以为所欲为。
  26. He pretends he cares about unemployment, but that's just politician's cant.
    他假装对失业的关心,但那只是政客的行话。
  27. And pretends he's taken it off the plate.
    假装他都是从盘子里拿走的。
  28. I hate her false mateyness and the way she pretends to be interested in what you're doing.
    我讨厌她那虚假的友好和假装对你的事饶有兴趣的样子。
  29. 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。
  30. Bob pretends to be such a wise guy, but we all know he's not as clever as he thinks.
    鲍勃装作是一个聪明人,但我们都知道他并非象他想的那样聪明。