pretend

CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #1608 ★★☆☆☆

v. 假装, 伪称, 自命, 自称

发音

US /pɹəˈtɛnd/

词形变化

pretended pretendest pretendeth pretending pretends 三单 pretends pretending 现在分词 pretended 过去式 pretended 过去分词

别名

prætend

教材释义与例句

动词

假装，伪装，佯装

to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive people or for fun

动词

假装，伪装，模拟

形容词

假装的

imaginary or not real - used especially by children

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of engaging in pretend play.

    非正式 不可数

    We used to dress up in our grandparents' old clothes and play pretend.

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.

    不及物

    You don't have to pretend that the soup tastes fine.

    You don't have to pretend to like the soup.

    If you don't like it, say so. You don't have to pretend.

    To get into the club, he pretended to be over 18.

  2. 2.

    To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.

    To engage in make-believe.

    不及物

    She moved her fingers across the desk, pretending to play the piano.

    She didn't have a real piano to play, so she just pretended.

  3. 3.

    To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.

    To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).

    不及物 及物

    She's pretending illness to get out of the business meeting.

  4. 4.

    To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).

    假装

    佯装

    正式 不及物

    The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne.

  5. 5.

    To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

    废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    To hold before one; to extend.

    废旧 及物
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.

    As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

make-believe

上位词 5

pretending simulation pretense pretence feigning
动词

同义词 10

make guess act affect venture hazard sham profess feign dissemble

上位词 10

do play act carry bear claim behave represent conduct speculate

下位词 10

call promise mouth suspect bullshit fake assume bull predict anticipate

近义相关 10

do make act carry bear behave affect conduct sham deport
形容词

同义词 1

make-believe

近义相关 1

unreal

相关短语

make pretend makes pretend making pretend made pretend

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin praetendōbor. Anglo-Norman pretendreder. English pretend From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.

来源：wiktionary