1. 假裝；偽裝；裝作 If you pretend that something 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.
e.g. I pretend that things are really okay when they're not... 當情況不好的時(shí)候我假裝一切順利。 e.g. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep... 有時(shí)這個(gè)男孩會(huì )假裝睡著(zhù)了。
2. （做游戲等時(shí)）假裝，假扮，裝扮 If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
e.g. She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain... 她可以曬曬太陽(yáng)，假裝自己是在西班牙。 e.g. The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music. 孩子們扮成不同的動(dòng)物，隨著(zhù)音樂(lè )起舞。
3. 自詡；自稱(chēng)；自以為 If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
e.g. We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us... 我們并不自夸在過(guò)去的6年中沒(méi)有遇到任何問(wèn)題。 e.g. Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams. 在這一次講座中，我不敢自詡能對夢(mèng)境作透徹的分析。
pretend英英釋義
noun
1. the enactment of a pretense
e.g. it was just pretend
Synonym: make-believe
pretend的近義詞
verb
1. state insincerely
e.g. He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber She pretends to be an expert on wine
Synonym: profess
2. make believe with the intent to deceive
e.g. He feigned that he was ill He shammed a headache
Synonym: feignshamaffectdissemble
3. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
e.g. She makes like an actress
Synonym: makemake believe
4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
e.g. I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Synonym: guessventurehazard
5. behave unnaturally or affectedly
e.g. She's just acting
Synonym: dissembleact
6. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
e.g. pretend the title of King
pretend
adj
1. imagined as in a play
e.g. the make-believe world of theater play money dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish