名詞 pretend:

1. the enactment of a pretense
   同義詞：make-believe

動詞 pretend:

1. make believe with the intent to deceive
   同義詞：feign, sham, affect, dissemble
2. behave unnaturally or affectedly
   同義詞：dissemble, act
3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
   同義詞：guess, venture, hazard
5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
   同義詞：make, make believe
6. state insincerely
   同義詞：profess

形容詞 pretend:

1. imagined as in a play
   同義詞：make-believe

1. I don't pretend to know as much as he does about it.
   我不敢說我對此事的了解有他那樣多。
2. Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!
   諒他不會自以為懂得什麼音樂吧！
3. The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.
   那個年輕演員扮演哈姆雷特。
4. She pretends that she likes them so that she can get their help.
   她假裝很喜歡他們，借以獲得他們的幫助。

pre.tend

v.（動詞）
pre.tend.ed,pre.tend.ing,pre.tends
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To give a false appearance of; feign:
偽裝：顯示一副假面貌；偽裝：
例句：
.You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism.(Anthony Burgess)
.當(dāng)你私下里追求崇高而又危險的新教教義時，你仍得假裝信奉國教.(安東尼·伯吉斯)

To claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess:
假稱：不誠實(shí)地或虛假地要求或宣稱；自稱：
例句：
doesn`t pretend to be an expert.
不要偽稱是個專家

To represent fictitiously in play; make believe:
裝扮：在戲劇中虛構(gòu)地扮演；使相信：
例句：
pretended they were on a cruise.
他們假裝在海上巡邏

To take upon oneself; venture:
大膽冒昧地做：使自己承擔(dān)義務(wù)；冒險干某事：
例句：
I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.
我不敢說你是錯誤的

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To feign an action or a character, as in play.
扮演：假扮某種行為或某個角色，如在戲劇中假扮
To put forward a claim.
自稱：提出要求
To make pretensions:
假裝，矯作：
例句：
pretends to gourmet tastes.
自命有美食家的品味

adj.Informal （形容詞）【非正式用語】
Imitation; make-believe:
模仿的；仿制的：
例句：
pretend money; pretend pearls.
偽幣；假珍珠

來源：
Middle English pretenden
中古英語 pretenden
from Old French pretendre
源自 古法語 pretendre
from Latin praetendere
源自 拉丁語 praetendere
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前綴，表.在…之前.]
tendere [to extend] * see ten-
tendere [延伸，延長] *參見 ten-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>pretend,assume,affect,simulate,feign,fake,counterfeitThese verbs all mean to take on a false or misleading appearance.
這些動詞都指采用虛偽的或誤導(dǎo)的表象。
Pretend often suggests a vain or transparent attempt to fool or deceive:
Pretend 經(jīng)常暗示一種徒勞地或明顯地去愚弄或欺騙：
例句：
.My bedmate pretended to be asleep. (George W. Cable).
.我的枕邊人假裝睡著了. （喬治·W·凱布爾）。

Assume may—but does not necessarily—connote dishonesty, insincerity, or trickery:
Assume 有可能——但是并不必然地——意味著不誠實(shí)，不誠心或欺騙：
例句：
.Assume a virtue, if you have it not. (Shakespeare).
.假如你沒有美德的話，那就假裝你有美德. （莎士比亞）。

例句：
I assumed an air of confidence that I was far from feeling.
在我遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)感受不到自信時，我顯示出一副自信的神氣。

Affect suggests an effort to give the appearance of something either out of personal preference or to make an impression:
Affect 暗示了一種出于個人喜好或想要留下好印象而有意顯示出某種神態(tài)的努力：
例句：
.He affects the disdainful petulance of a rock star. (Annalyn Swan).
.他假裝出搖滾明星般倔傲的任性. （阿那林·斯旺）。

Simulate emphasizes the assumption of an appearance or a form that closely resembles reality:
Simulate 強(qiáng)調(diào)外表的假裝或近似現(xiàn)實(shí)的形式：
例句：
.A . . . verdant scum upon the surface of deep pools simulated the turf that had been removed. (John Lothrop Motley).The remaining terms—feign, fake, and counterfeit —all imply at least a measure of deliberate sham.
.深潭表面上青綠的浮藻給人一種假象，好象草地被轉(zhuǎn)移了. （約翰·洛恩羅普莫·特利）。剩下的幾個詞如feign，fake 和 counterfeit 都暗示有某種程度的虛假。

Feign suggests false representation or fictitious fabrication:
Feign 指錯誤的表現(xiàn)或人為的制造：
例句：
The child feigned a look of innocence when his mother asked who had eaten the cake.
當(dāng)他媽媽問誰吃了蛋糕時，那個小孩裝出無辜的表情

Fake implies fraudulent simulation:
Fake 指欺騙性的偽裝和冒充：
例句：
He faked an interest in my work.
他假裝對我的工作感興趣。

Counterfeit denotes a close imitation that can often pass for an original:
Counterfeit 暗指幾乎可以假亂真的很相近的模仿：
例句：
.Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee. (Oliver Goldsmith).
.他們帶著偽裝得極好的喜悅大笑. （奧利弗·哥爾德史密斯）