pretend 音标拼音: [prit'ɛnd]
vt . 假装,假托,装扮
vi . 假装,装作
假装,假托,装扮假装,装作
pretend adj 1 :
imagined as in a play ; "
the make -
believe world of theater "; "
play money "; "
dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish " [
synonym : {
make -
believe }, {
pretend }]
n 1 :
the enactment of a pretense ; "
it was just pretend " [
synonym :
{
make -
believe }, {
pretend }]
v 1 :
make believe with the intent to deceive ; "
He feigned that he was ill "; "
He shammed a headache " [
synonym : {
feign }, {
sham },
{
pretend }, {
affect }, {
dissemble }]
2 :
behave unnaturally or affectedly ; "
She '
s just acting " [
synonym :
{
dissemble }, {
pretend }, {
act }]
3 :
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of ;
"
pretend the title of King "
4 :
put forward ,
of a guess ,
in spite of possible refutation ; "
I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again ";
"
I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong " [
synonym : {
guess },
{
venture }, {
pretend }, {
hazard }]
5 :
represent fictitiously ,
as in a play ,
or pretend to be or act like ; "
She makes like an actress " [
synonym : {
make }, {
pretend },
{
make believe }]
6 :
state insincerely ; "
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 }, {
pretend }]
Pretend \
Pre *
tend "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pretended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pretending }.] [
OE .
pretenden to lay claim to ,
F .
pr ['
e ]
tendre ,
L .
praetendere ,
praetentum ,
to stretch forward ,
pretend ,
simulate ,
assert ;
prae before tendere to stretch .
See {
Tend },
v .
t . ]
1 .
To lay a claim to ;
to allege a title to ;
to claim .
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1913 Webster ]
Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
To hold before ,
or put forward ,
as a cloak or disguise for something else ;
to exhibit as a veil for something hidden .
[
R .]
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Lest that too heavenly form ,
pretended To hellish falsehood ,
snare them . --
Milton .
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3 .
To hold out ,
or represent ,
falsely ;
to put forward ,
or offer ,
as true or real (
something untrue or unreal );
to show hypocritically ,
or for the purpose of deceiving ;
to simulate ;
to feign ;
as ,
to pretend friendship .
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This let him know ,
Lest ,
willfully transgressing ,
he pretend Surprisal . --
Milton .
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4 .
To intend ;
to design ;
to plot ;
to attempt . [
Obs .]
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Such as shall pretend Malicious practices against his state . --
Shak .
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5 .
To hold before one ;
to extend . [
Obs .] "
His target always over her pretended ." --
Spenser .
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Pretend \
Pre *
tend "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To put in ,
or make ,
a claim ,
truly or falsely ;
to allege a title ;
to lay claim to ,
or strive after ,
something ; --
usually with to . "
Countries that pretend to freedom ."
--
Swift .
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For to what fine he would anon pretend ,
That know I well . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
To hold out the appearance of being ,
possessing ,
or performing ;
to profess ;
to make believe ;
to feign ;
to sham ;
as ,
to pretend to be asleep . "[
He ]
pretended to drink the waters ." --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pretend ":
act ,
act a part ,
adopt ,
affect ,
aim to ,
allege ,
appropriate ,
arrogate ,
assume ,
attempt ,
attempt to ,
avow ,
bluff ,
challenge ,
claim ,
counterfeit ,
cover up ,
dare ,
dare to ,
dissemble ,
dissimulate ,
do a bit ,
dramatize ,
encroach ,
endeavor ,
fake ,
feign ,
four -
flush ,
gammon ,
hazard ,
histrionize ,
infringe ,
invade ,
lay claim to ,
let on ,
let on like ,
make a pretense ,
make as if ,
make believe ,
make bold ,
make free ,
make like ,
make out ,
make out like ,
overact ,
play ,
play God ,
play a part ,
play a scene ,
play possum ,
playact ,
presume ,
pretend to ,
pretext ,
profess ,
protest too much ,
purport ,
put on ,
put on airs ,
represent ,
seek to ,
seize ,
sham ,
simulate ,
strive to ,
study to ,
take over ,
take the liberty ,
trespass ,
try ,
try and ,
try to ,
tug the heartstrings ,
undertake ,
usurp ,
venture ,
venture to ,
wear
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