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

• VERB 假装；伪装；装作
  If youpretend thatsomething 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。
• VERB （做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮
  If children or adultspretend thatthey 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。
• VERB 自诩；自称；自以为
  If you do notpretend thatsomething 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

• Ah, he pretends to be dead.
  啊，他假装死了。
• 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。
• He pretends to have supernatural powers.
  他假装有超自然的能力。
• He pretends to know nothing about it.
  他假装不知道那件事。
• He pretends to have read that book once.
  他假装曾读过那本书。
• 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。
• He pretends to look for a book.
  他假装在找一本书。
• 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。
• He pretends as though he were not guilty.
  他装作无罪的样子。
• 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。