pretend

🇺🇸 /prɪˈtend/ 🇬🇧 /prɪˈtend/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
verb
B1

to act like something is true when it is not

She will pretend to be asleep when her mom checks on her.

當她媽媽檢查她時,她會假裝睡著了。

B1

to imagine something is true for fun or in a game

Let's pretend we are superheroes saving the city.

讓我們假裝我們是拯救城市的超級英雄。

R

to say you are something or can do something when you cannot

He cannot pretend to know everything about the subject.

他不能假裝自己對這個主題無所不知。

adjective
R

not real, made up for play

The children made pretend food from clay.

孩子們用黏土做了假想的食物。

translation

v. 假裝, 假扮, 冒充
adj. 假裝的

詞形變化

3rd Present pretends
Past pretended
Perfect pretended
Progressive pretending