1 to behave in a particular way in order to make other people believe sth that is not true 假装;伪装;装作:
You can't just pretend that the problem doesn't exist.你不能就装作问题并不存在。Paul's not really asleep. He's just pretending.保罗不是真的睡着了,只是装睡而已。
2 (used especially about children) to imagine that sth is true as part of a game (尤指孩子)扮,装扮:
The kids were under the bed pretending to be snakes.孩子们钻进床底下,扮作蛇。
pretend1/prIˋtɛnd; prIˈtend/v [I,T] to behave as if something is true when you know it is not 假装﹐装作: He's not really angry – he's just pretending. 他并没有真的生气﹐装装样子而已。+(that) She pretended that she hadn’t seen me. 她假装没看见我。Let's pretend we’re soldiers. 我们假装是士兵吧。pretend to do sth He was only pretending to be asleep. 他只是假装睡着了。
pretend2adj imaginary or not real – used especially by children 想象的﹐假想的﹐假装的〔尤为儿童使用〕: We sang songs around a pretend campfire. 我们围着假想的营火唱歌。
pretendpretendpretendspretendedpretendingverb (pretends, pretending, pretended)to try to make somebody believe something that is not true: He didn't want to talk, so he pretended to be asleep. I pretended that I was enjoying myself.