英语词汇“pretend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pretend
释义	pre·tend I. \prēˈtend, prə̇ˈ-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English pretenden, from Latin praetendere to stretch forth, spread before, bring forward as an excuse, allege, from prae- pre- + tendere to stretch — more at thin *transitive verb* 1. a. : to hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing : profess < does not pretend to be a social scientist — R.G.Ross > b. : assert, claim < in cheap years, it is pretended, workmen are generally more idle — Adam Smith > 2. a. : to make believe : feign, sham < pretend to be angry > < pretended to be deaf > b. : to hold out, represent, or assert falsely : put forward or offer as true or real (something untrue or unreal) : show hypocritically or deceitfully < man who pretends to be dead so as to evade his creditors and collect on his insurance — P.G.Wodehouse & Guy Bolton > 3. a. : presume, venture < how that vehicle got to Sidney I do not pretend to say — Rachel Henning > b. archaic : undertake, attempt < she could not pretend to go into the sea without proper attendants — Tobias Smollett > c. archaic : intend 4. a. obsolete : to hold out before one : extend, offer b. obsolete : to hold out as a disguise for something else *intransitive verb* 1. obsolete : to direct one's course or efforts : aspire < those persons who pretend toward Heaven — Jeremy Taylor > 2. : to feign an action, part, or role in or as if in play : make believe < never sincere, always pretending > 3. a. : to put in a claim : lay claim : allege a title — used with to < those pretending to office were theorists — C.L.Jones > < for the other sciences … I can pretend to no special competence — Stuart Chase > b. archaic : to make suit Synonyms: see assume II. adjective : make-believe, imaginary, pretended < dangle our legs in the water and see who could catch the most pretend fish — H.E.Giles > : imitation < pretend pearls >
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