pretend

[pri'tend]

v.假装, 装作, 自以为
adj.假装的

例句与用法：

I don't pretend to know as much as he does about it.

我不敢说我对此事的了解有他那样多。

Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!

谅他不会自以为懂得什麽音乐吧！

The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.

那个年轻演员扮演哈姆雷特。

She pretends that she likes them so that she can get their help.

她假装很喜欢他们，借以获得他们的帮助。

词形变化：

动词过去式: pretended | 动词过去分词: pretended | 动词现在分词: pretending | 动词第三人称单数: pretends |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 佯装; 假装; [+to-v][+(that)]

He pretended that he was innocent.

他假装无辜。

He pretended to be friendly with me.

他假装对我友善。

2. 自命, 自称[Y][+to-v][+(that)]

I do not pretend to be a scholar.

我不自命为学者。

3. (尤指孩子)(在游戏中)假扮; 装作[Y][+to-v][+(that)]

Let's pretend that we're on an island.

让我们装作在一孤岛上。

4. 【口】(常用于否定句)妄称, 敢于[Y][+to-v]

I can not pretend to judge between them.

我可不敢在他们之间作出裁判。

vi.

1. 假装

She wasn't really crying; she was only pretending.

她并非真的在哭; 她只是假装而已。

2. 自封, 自称; 妄求[(+to)]

She pretends to great knowledge.

她自称具有广博的知识。

a.

假装的; 假想的

It is a pretend meal this evening, with nothing whatever on the table.

今晚只是假装吃饭, 餐桌上什么吃的也没有。

短语词组：

pretend to

1. 妄求; 自封

He pretended to the throne.

他觊觎王位。