pretend
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [pr??tend]
- 美式音標(biāo) [pr??t?nd]
- 國際音標(biāo) [pri'tend]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vi. 假裝，偽裝，佯裝
- adj. 假裝的
- vt. 假裝，偽裝，模擬
詞源解說
- 1380年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的pretendre，意為主張，要求；最初源自古典拉丁語的prtendere，意為提出，辯解。
詞根記憶
- pre(預(yù)先) + tend(趨向)→預(yù)先就有了趨向→裝作，假裝
- pre(預(yù)先) + tend(趨向)→事先就有趨向→假裝
- pre(預(yù)先) + tend(趨向)→預(yù)先就有了趨向→假裝
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- pretended：假裝的；虛假的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- pretense：借口；虛假；炫耀；自吹（等于pretence）。
- pretence：假裝；借口；虛偽。
- pretender：冒牌者；妄求者；妄提要求者。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- pretended：假裝（pretend的過去式和過去分詞）；裝扮。
用法辨析
- pretend的基本意思是“偽裝”“假裝”,強調(diào)明顯地表露出是假的。多用作及物動詞,可接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式或that從句作賓語,還可接以形容詞充當(dāng)賓語補足語的復(fù)合賓語。
- pretend也可用作不及物動詞,常與介詞to連用,表示“自稱應(yīng)該享有(所有權(quán)、權(quán)利)或自稱有才能、學(xué)問”等,也可表示“覬覦”。一般用于疑問句或否定句中。
- pretend在口語中還可接as if或like引導(dǎo)的從句,表示“裝…的樣子”,此時pretend用作系動詞,從句的謂語動詞要用陳述式。
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- He wasn't really crying; he was only pretending.
他并不是真的在哭,他只是裝裝樣子。 - When I asked her, she pretended as if she had not idea at all about it.
當(dāng)我問她時,她假裝似乎對此事一無所知。 - He pretended illness.
他假裝病了。 - Let's pretend to be policemen.
讓我們扮演警察吧。 - Cage pretended that she was asleep.
凱奇假裝睡著了。 - They pretended themselves innocent.
他們假裝自己是無辜的。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
用作系動詞: S+～+as if/like-clause
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+to- v
S+～+that-clause
用作賓補動詞: S+～+ pron. + adj.
詞組短語
- pretend a headache 假裝頭痛
- pretend deafness 裝聾作啞
- pretend ignorance 裝作無知
- pretend illness 裝病
- pretend indifference 裝作不關(guān)心
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
英英字典
- to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game
- imaginary or not real
- 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.
- If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example, as part of a game.
- If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 假裝
- 偽裝