音标:[pri'tend] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
v. 假装, 伪称, 自命, 自称
v. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
词型变化:现在分词 : pretending ; 过去式 : pretended ; 第三人称单数 : pretends ; 过去分词 : pretended ; 名词复数形式 : pretends
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福/GRE]
词性分布:
动词96%
形容词4%

pretend的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. 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。
  2. The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.那个年轻演员扮演哈姆雷特。
  3. She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.她闭上眼睛,装作睡着了。
  4. Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!谅他不会自以为懂得什麽音乐吧!

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
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。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
pretend to (v.+prep.)
    〈书〉觊觎 covet

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • pretend a headache假装头痛
  • pretend deafness装聋作哑
  • pretend ignorance装作无知
  • pretend illness装病
  • pretend indifference装作不关心
  • pretend sleep假装睡觉
~+副词
  • pretend childishly幼稚地装作
  • pretend deliberately故意装作
  • pretend groundlessly毫无根据地自称
  • pretend irrationally不合理地伪装
  • pretend politely有礼貌地装作
  • pretend sportively嬉戏地装作
~+介词
  • pretend to自称具有
  • pretend to great knowledge自以为有知识
  • pretend to great talent自称有很大的天赋
  • pretend to learning自称有学识
  • pretend to skill自以为有技术
  • pretend to the throne觊觎王位
  • pretend to various abilities自称有各种才能

经典引文

  • 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

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