pretend是什么意思_pretend怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

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

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"

中英词源

pretend 假装，佯装，自诩

pre-,在前，向前，-tend,延伸，伸展，词源同tend,tense.引申诸相关词义。

pretend: pretend: [14] To pretend something is etymologically to ‘hold it out’ – as an excuse, or as something it is not. The word comes from Latin praetendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend, tense, etc).
=> extend, tend, tense
pretend (v.): late 14c., "to profess, assert, maintain" (a claim, etc.), "to direct (one"s) efforts," from Old French pretendre "to lay claim," from Latin praetendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege," from prae "before" (see pre-) + tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch" (see tend).

Main modern sense of "feign, put forward a false claim" is recorded from c. 1400; the older sense of simply "to claim" is behind the string of royal pretenders (1690s) in English history. Meaning "to play, make believe" is recorded from 1865. In 17c. pretend also could mean "make a suit of marriage for," from a sense in French. Related: Pretended; pretending.
pretend (n.): "fact of pretending," 1888, from children"s talk, from pretend (v.). Earlier in same sense was verbal noun pretending (1640s).

词态变化

第三人称单数 pretends;
过去式 pretended;
过去分词 pretended;
现在分词 pretending;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. We won"t pretend we savour the prospect of a month in prison.: 我们不会装作我们满心盼望着在监狱中度过一个月。

3. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.: 假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

4. 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。

5. 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。

近反义词

deceive

dissemble

imagine

make

mask

simulate

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相似短语

pretend to 妄求;自封He pretended to the throne.他觊觎王位。

pretend to sth. v. 自称,觊觎某物

pretend to do sth. v. 假装做某事

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. pre- + tend-.
2. 字面含义：stretch before, stretch beyond real condition.
3. 这里的before其实是指伸展太过前，而超出了实际情况。由此引申为跟作假、欺骗、不切实际相关的含义。
4. 由此引申为：假装；伪装；伪称，佯称；自命；自称等含义。
5. 其实stretch本身就具有：夸大、夸张、夸大其词、言过其实、滥用、歪曲等含义，这本身就是对stretch伸展过度的一种引申；而这里只不过通过词根词缀的形式将其更加具体化、明确化。

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