pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( pretending, pretended, pretends )

• 1. 

  V-T 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. 假装 (某事是事实)

  例：

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

  我在情况不好的时候假装一切真地没事。

  例：

  Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

  有时候那个男孩子假装睡着了。

• 2. 

  V-T If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example, as part of a game. 假装 (在做某事)

  例：

  She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Cancun.

  她会进行日光浴并假装她是在坎昆。

• 3. 

  V-T If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case. 假称 [with neg]

  例：

  We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.

  我们不假称过去的6年对我们来讲是没有问题的。