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

• 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。
• 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。
• He just pretends to be meek so he can have his own way.
  他假装温顺，然后可以为所欲为。
• 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。
• He pretends to be friendly with girls. That is his usual practice.
  他对女孩装作很友好，这是他一贯的作法。
• Like the US, Beijing worries Pakistan may not always crack down as hard on terrorists as it pretends.
  和美国一样，中国也担心巴基斯坦对恐怖分子的打击不一定像表面上那样严厉。
• 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。
• The essential characteristic of pseudo-science is not the examination and pretends the real fraudulence;
  伪科学的本质特征是不可检验性和以假冒真的欺骗性；
• And pretends he's taken it off the plate.
  假装他都是从盘子里拿走的。