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
pretend的第三人称单数

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

• I speak under correction, but The Maid is full of deceit: she pretends to be devout.
  说得不对，请你们纠正。那个少女是一个心怀奸诈的人，她假装虔诚。
• In order to carry this out, Hamlet pretends to be mad.
  为了报仇，哈姆雷特假装疯了。
• He pretends to know about the best restaurants in Athens, yet he's really only an armchair traveller.
  他自称熟悉雅典最好的饭店，然而他实在只是一个足不出户的神游旅行者。
• Mark likes to tell lame jokes, but at least his girlfriend pretends to laugh.
  马克喜欢讲冷笑话，但起码他女朋友会假装笑一下。
• Jeff always poaches my ideas, and then pretends that they're his own.
  杰夫经常盗用我的想法，还假冒是他自己的。
• She pretends to have been helped with her work.
  她假装她的工作是在别人帮助下完成的。
• I hate her false mateyness and the way she pretends to be interested in what you're doing.
  我讨厌她那虚假的友好和假装对你的事饶有兴趣的样子。
• He pretends to know her better than he would, if he were a close friend of hers.
  他装出一副对她深有了解的样子，就像她是他的密友。
• He's the kind of man the world pretends to look up to, and in fact despises.
  他高尚，他纯洁。好像整个世界都在仰视，实际上，这个世界对他根本不屑一顾。
• And pretends he's taken it off the plate.
  假装他都是从盘子里拿走的。