pretend

英 [prɪ'tend] 美 [prɪ'tɛnd]

解释

※ 提供单词"pretend"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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).

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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。

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。