She pretends that she likes them so that she can get their help.

她假装很喜欢他们，借以获得他们的帮助。

The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.

那个年轻演员扮演哈姆雷特。

She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

她闭上眼睛,装作睡着了。

Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!

谅他不会自以为懂得什麽音乐吧！

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

我讨厌老得装假。

Of course I was wrong; it would be hypocritical to pretend otherwise .

当然是我错了；混充正确就是虚伪了。

He pretended to his family that everything was fine.

他对家人佯称一切都好。

We pretended (that) nothing had happened.

我们假装什么事情也没发生。

He pretended not to notice.

他假装没注意。

She didn't love him, though she pretended to .

她并不爱他，虽然她装出爱的样子。

She pretended an interest she did not feel.

她毫无兴趣却装作有。

Let's pretend (that) we're astronauts.

咱们装扮成太空人吧。

They didn't have any real money so they had to pretend.

他们没有真钱，就用假的代替。

I can't pretend to any great musical talent.

我不能妄称自己多有音乐天赋。

I don't pretend (that) I know much about the subject, but'u2026

我不敢说自己对这个主题有多了解，但是…

The book doesn't pretend to be a great work of literature.

这本书并未自封为文学杰作。

pretend cakes

假糕点

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。

Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...

有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Men may no longer pretend that the quest for disarmament is a sign of weakness.

人们可能不再认为谋求裁军是一种软弱的表现.

I won't pretend that this will be easy.

当然这实属不易.

I don't pretend to grateful.

我不掩饰感激之情.

They can separate facts from opinion and don't pretend to have all the answers.

他们既懂得区分事实与观点,又不会装作通晓一切.

And you pretend it's bedtime and stay super still, okay ? Okay.

-你假装现在是睡觉时间然后躺着不动好 吗 ?

Surely you do not pretend to intelligence!

你当然不会自以为聪明.

So you don't need to pretend, do you?

所以你不必装假了, 对 吧 ?

I don't know whether to say hi or to pretend not to see them.

我不知道是跟她们打招呼还是假装没有看见她们.

You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism ( Anthony Burgess )

当你私下里追求崇高而又危险的新教教义时,你仍得假装信奉国教( 安东尼伯吉斯 )

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. He wasn't really crying; he was only pretending.
   他并不是真的在哭,他只是装装样子。
2. The time has come to stop pretending.
   够了,别装蒜了。

用作系动词S+～+as if/like-clause

1. When I asked her, she pretended as if she had not idea at all about it.
   当我问她时,她假装似乎对此事一无所知。
2. She pretended,I believe, like she was poor and desperate.
   我相信她是假装的,好像她是又贫穷又绝望的。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. He pretended illness.
   他假装病了。
2. Don't pretend ignorance.
   别装蒜。
3. They pretended indifference.
   他们假装出漠不关心的样子。
4. He pretended sleep when his mother called him.
   他母亲叫他时他假装睡着了。
5. She pretended a headache so she wouldn't have to go.
   她佯称头痛,这样她就不必去了。

S+～+to- v

1. Let's pretend to be policemen.
   让我们扮演警察吧。
2. I don't pretend to be a scholar.
   我没自命为一位学者。
3. He pretended to be ill.
   他假装有病。
4. She pretends to be deaf, but hears all we are saying.
   她假装听不见,但是我们说的她听得清清楚楚。
5. He pretended to fall over.
   他假装跌倒。
6. I can't pretend to judge between them.
   我无法为他们仲裁。
7. As he pretended not to see me,I pretended not to see him.
   他假装没看见我,我也装作没看见他。
8. It is rather too much for her to pretend to know him very well.
   她自称很了解他,未免言过其实。
9. I don't pretend to understand these technical terms.
   我承认我不懂这些专业术语。
10. He pretends to admire me, though privately he hates me.
    他假装敬佩我,虽然他私下仇恨我。
11. We mustn't pretend to know what we don't know.
    我们不要不懂装懂。
12. He politely pretended not to have heard this remark.
    他有礼貌地假装没有听到这句话。

S+～+that-clause

1. Cage pretended that she was asleep.
   凯奇假装睡着了。
2. They pretended that they were tourists.
   他们假装是旅游者。
3. Her father tried to pretend that nothing unusual had happened.
   她的父亲强装没什么不平常的事发生。
4. Tom pretended that he didn't know the old man.
   汤姆假装不认识那位老人。
5. He wanted to pretend that he had not recognized him.
   他想假装他以前不认识他。
6. He pretended that he has nothing to do with it.
   他自称他与那事无关。

用作宾补动词S+～+ pron. + adj.

1. They pretended themselves innocent.
   他们假装自己是无辜的。

pretend to (v.+prep.)

〈书〉觊觎 covet

～+名词

• pretend%20a%20headache">pretend a headache假装头痛
• pretend%20deafness">pretend deafness装聋作哑
• pretend%20ignorance">pretend ignorance装作无知
• pretend%20illness">pretend illness装病
• pretend%20indifference">pretend indifference装作不关心
• pretend%20sleep">pretend sleep假装睡觉

～+副词

• pretend%20childishly">pretend childishly幼稚地装作
• pretend%20deliberately">pretend deliberately故意装作
• pretend%20groundlessly">pretend groundlessly毫无根据地自称
• pretend%20irrationally">pretend irrationally不合理地伪装
• pretend%20politely">pretend politely有礼貌地装作
• pretend%20sportively">pretend sportively嬉戏地装作

～+介词

• pretend%20to">pretend to自称具有
• pretend%20to%20great%20knowledge">pretend to great knowledge自以为有知识
• pretend%20to%20great%20talent">pretend to great talent自称有很大的天赋
• pretend%20to%20learning">pretend to learning自称有学识
• pretend%20to%20skill">pretend to skill自以为有技术
• pretend%20to%20the%20throne">pretend to the throne觊觎王位
• pretend%20to%20various%20abilities">pretend to various abilities自称有各种才能

• Occasionally I play a game of pretend in this hut..imagining it to be the palace in Jundapur.

  出自：P. Scott

• Poor, petty, pitiful persons who pretended themselves princes.

  出自：T. Fuller

v.(动词)

1. pretend的基本意思是“伪装”“假装”,强调明显地表露出是假的。多用作及物动词,可接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,还可接以形容词充当宾语补足语的复合宾语。
2. pretend也可用作不及物动词,常与介词to连用,表示“自称应该享有(所有权、权利)或自称有才能、学问”等,也可表示“觊觎”。一般用于疑问句或否定句中。
3. pretend在口语中还可接as if或like引导的从句,表示“装…的样子”,此时pretend用作系动词,从句的谓语动词要用陈述式。

v.(动词)

pretend, assume, feign

1.feign和pretend作“假装”解时,可互换使用。

2.pretend指佯装成某身份或伪装成正在做某事,其目的是出于嬉戏或欲欺骗他人,多用在坏的意味上; assume指为了掩饰自己而“假装”“装出”,通常指表面上的装腔作势,未必含有坏的意味; feign指作为借口或理由想避免危险、困难等而“伪称”“假装”“冒充”。

3.pretend后可接动词不定式,也可接that从句。

下面两个句子意思不同:

He didn't pretend to know.

他没有假装知道。(其实不知道)

He pretended not to know.

他假装不知道。(其实知道)

v.(动词)

当我走进房间时,她假装在读一本小说。

误 She pretended reading a novel when I came into the room.

正 She pretended to be reading a novel when I came into the room.

析 pretend作为及物动词可以接动词不定式,但不可以接动名词作宾语。

他母亲进来时,他假装在做作业。

误 When his mother came in, he pretended to do his homework.

正 When his mother came in, he pretended to be doing his homework.

析 pretend后的不定式有时须用进行或完成时态来表达“假装正在做”或“假装已做了…”。

• ☆ 1380年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的pretendre，意为主张，要求；最初源自古典拉丁语的prtendere，意为提出，辩解。