pre·tend
书籍：英汉辞典
更新时间：2018-09-12 06:22:07
出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第976页（416字）
【释义】：
vt．①假装，装着，装扮：pretend to be deaf装聋．pretend to attack the east while attacking the west声东击西．The spies pretended they were fishermen．间谍们假扮成渔民．②托辞，伪称：pretend illness假托有病．③胆敢，冒险：Whether he will come or not，I do not pretend to say．他来不来我不敢说．
－vi．①自命，自称：pretend to wisdom自以为聪明．②要求，觊觎，争：pretend to the throne争王位．③假装：It is no use pretending．装疯卖傻也没用．pre·tend·er n．假装者，自封者．