pretend
pretend 英 [prɪˈtend] 美 [prɪˈtɛnd]
v. 假装，伪装 adj. 假装的
进行时:pretending 过去式:pretended 过去分词:pretended 第三人称单数:pretends 名词复数:pretends
- To pretend is to act as if you're someone else. If you pretend to be your mother for a phone conference with your math teacher, try putting on her high heels to help you get into character.
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- v. 假装，伪装
- adj. 假装的
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1. pretend cowboys
假装牛仔
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2. I'm tired of having to pretend all the time.
我讨厌老得装假。
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3. We pretended that nothing had happened.
我们假装什么事情也没发生。
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4. She pretended an interest she did not feel.
她毫无兴趣却装作有。
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5. I can't pretend to any great musical talent.
我不能妄称自己多有音乐天赋。
- pretend (n.) "fact of pretending," 1888, from children's talk, from pretend (v.). Earlier in same sense was verbal noun pretending (1640s).
- pretend (v.) late 14c., "to profess, assert, maintain" (a claim, etc.), "to direct (one's) efforts," from Old French pretendre "to lay claim," from Latin praetendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege," from prae "before" (see pre-) + tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch."
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