pretend

pretend /pri'tend/
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm ra vẻ, giả vờ, giả đò, giả bộ, giả cách
      • to pretend illness: giả cách ốm, làm ra vẻ ốm
      • to pretend that one is asleep; to pretend to be asleep: làm ra vẻ đang ngủ
    • lấy cớ
      • to pretend that...: lấy cớ là...
    • có tham vọng, có kỳ vọng, có ý muốn; có ý dám (làm gì...)
    • nội động từ
      • giả vờ, giả đò, giả bộ, giả cách
        • he is only pretending: hắn ta chỉ gỉa vờ, hắn ta chỉ làm ra vẻ thế thôi
      • (+ to) đòi hỏi, yêu sách, yêu cầu, xin; cầu
        • to pretend go to a right: đòi quyền lợi
        • to pretend to someone's hand: cầu hôn ai
      • (+ to) tự phụ có, làm ra bộ có, lên mặt có
        • to pretend to elegance: lên mặt là thanh lịch

    Xem thêm: make-believe, feign, sham, affect, dissemble, dissemble, act, guess, venture, hazard, make, make believe, profess, make-believe



    pretend

    Từ điển Collocation

    pretend verb

    ADV. otherwise You know what this is all about, Natasha. Why pretend otherwise?

    VERB + PRETEND can/could no longer | try to | be dishonest to, be idle to, be ridiculous to, be useless to It's useless to pretend that we might still win.

    PREP. to He pretended to his boss that he'd written the article.

    PHRASES go on pretending I can't go on pretending any longer. | just/only pretending Maria knew he was only pretending. | let's pretend Let's pretend it never happened. | stop pretending, there's no point in pretending


    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • the enactment of a pretense; make-believe

      it was just pretend

      v.

    • make believe with the intent to deceive; feign, sham, affect, dissemble

      He feigned that he was ill

      He shammed a headache

    • behave unnaturally or affectedly; dissemble, act

      She's just acting

    • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

      pretend the title of King

    • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; guess, venture, hazard

      I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again

      I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong

    • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; make, make believe

      She makes like an actress

    • state insincerely; profess

      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

      adj.

    • imagined as in a play; make-believe

      the make-believe world of theater

      play money

      dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    pretends|pretended|pretending
    syn.: act bluff fake feign make believe sham