pretend
音标发音
- 英式音标 [prɪˈtend]
- 美式音标 [prɪˈtɛnd]
- 国际音标 [pri'tend]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 假装，伪装，佯装
- adj. 假装的
- vt. 假装，伪装，模拟
词源解说
- 1380年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的pretendre，意为主张，要求；最初源自古典拉丁语的prtendere，意为提出，辩解。
词根记忆
- pre(预先) + tend(趋向)→预先就有了趋向→装作，假装
- pre(预先) + tend(趋向)→事先就有趋向→假装
- pre(预先) + tend(趋向)→预先就有了趋向→假装
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- pretended：假装的；虚假的。
- n性质的同根词
- pretense：借口；虚假；炫耀；自吹（等于pretence）。
- pretence：假装；借口；虚伪。
- pretender：冒牌者；妄求者；妄提要求者。
- v性质的同根词
- pretended：假装（pretend的过去式和过去分词）；装扮。
用法辨析
- pretend的基本意思是“伪装”“假装”,强调明显地表露出是假的。多用作及物动词,可接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,还可接以形容词充当宾语补足语的复合宾语。
- pretend也可用作不及物动词,常与介词to连用,表示“自称应该享有(所有权、权利)或自称有才能、学问”等,也可表示“觊觎”。一般用于疑问句或否定句中。
- pretend在口语中还可接as if或like引导的从句,表示“装…的样子”,此时pretend用作系动词,从句的谓语动词要用陈述式。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He wasn't really crying; he was only pretending.
他并不是真的在哭,他只是装装样子。 - When I asked her, she pretended as if she had not idea at all about it.
当我问她时,她假装似乎对此事一无所知。 - He pretended illness.
他假装病了。 - Let's pretend to be policemen.
让我们扮演警察吧。 - Cage pretended that she was asleep.
凯奇假装睡着了。 - They pretended themselves innocent.
他们假装自己是无辜的。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作系动词: S+～+as if/like-clause
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+to- v
S+～+that-clause
用作宾补动词: S+～+ pron. + adj.
词组短语
- pretend a headache 假装头痛
- pretend deafness 装聋作哑
- pretend ignorance 装作无知
- pretend illness 装病
- pretend indifference 装作不关心
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
英英字典
- to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game
- imaginary or not real
- 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.
- If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example, as part of a game.
- If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
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专业释义
- 假装
- 伪装