pretend的意思

vt. 假裝，偽裝；假稱；裝扮；

vi. 扮演；自稱；假裝，矯作；

adj. 仿制的；

pretend的用法

用作動詞(v.)

用作不及物動詞

S+～(+A)

He wasn't really crying; he was only pretending.

他并不是真的在哭,他只是裝裝樣子。

The time has come to stop pretending.

夠了,別裝蒜了。

用作系動詞

S+～+asif/like-clause

When I asked her, she pretended as if she had not idea at all about it.

當(dāng)我問她時(shí),她假裝似乎對此事一無所知。

She pretended,I believe, like she was poor and desperate.

我相信她是假裝的,好像她是又貧窮又絕望的。

用作及物動詞

S+～+n./pron.

He pretended illness.

他假裝病了。

Don't pretend ignorance.

別裝蒜。

They pretended indifference.

他們假裝出漠不關(guān)心的樣子。

He pretended sleep when his mother called him.

他母親叫他時(shí)他假裝睡著了。

S+～+to-v

Let's pretend to be policemen.

讓我們扮演警察吧。

I don't pretend to be a scholar.

我沒自命為一位學(xué)者。

He pretended to be ill.

他假裝有病。

She pretends to be deaf, but hears all we are saying.

她假裝聽不見,但是我們說的她聽得清清楚楚。

S+～+that-clause

Cage pretended that she was asleep.

凱奇假裝睡著了。

They pretended that they were tourists.

他們假裝是旅游者。

Her father tried to pretend that nothing unusual had happened.

她的父親強(qiáng)裝沒什么不平常的事發(fā)生。

Tom pretended that he didn't know the old man.

湯姆假裝不認(rèn)識那位老人。

用作賓補(bǔ)動詞

S+～+pron.+adj.

They pretended themselves innocent.

他們假裝自己是無辜的。

pretend的用法例句

1. The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.

孩子們扮成不同的動物，隨著音樂起舞。

2. We won't pretend we savour the prospect of a month in prison.

我們不會裝作我們滿心盼望著在監(jiān)獄中度過一個(gè)月。

3. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.

假裝系統(tǒng)完美無疵是徒勞的。

4. Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在這一次講座中，我不敢自詡能對夢境作透徹的分析。

5. I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.

當(dāng)情況不好的時(shí)候我假裝一切順利。

6. I'm tired of having to pretend all the time.

我討厭老得裝假。