pretend

伪装；假装

（孩子在游戏中）假扮

伪称；佯称；假托

（与to连用）自称；自命

pretend

假装, 装扮, (作为藉口或理由)伪称

pretend

1. the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"

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1. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

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2. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"

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3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"

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4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

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5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"

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6. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

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1. imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

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