dissemble

C2

v. 掩饰, 假装不知道

发音

US /dɪˈsɛmbəl/

词形变化

dissembled dissembles 三单 dissembles dissemblest dissembleth dissembling dissembling 现在分词 dissembled 过去式 dissembled 过去分词

别名

dissimule

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To disguise or conceal something.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To feign, dissimulate.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

act pretend mask affect cloak sham feign

上位词 10

do act carry bear mask behave conduct disguise deport acquit

下位词 10

mouth bullshit fake assume bull sham simulate feign play possum take a dive

近义相关 10

do make act carry bear pretend behave conduct deport acquit

词源

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan.

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