pretend的常用短语是：用作动词(v.)pretend to (v.+prep.)〈书〉觊觎 covet。pretend的意思是v.假装；装作；自以为。pretend【近义词】deceive。
一、详尽释义点此查看pretend的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.假装；伪装；装作
If youpretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.
e.g. Ipretend that things are really okay when they're not...
当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。
e.g. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...
有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
2.（做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮
If children or adultspretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
e.g. She can sunbathe andpretend she's in Spain...
她可以晒晒太阳，假装自己是在西班牙。
e.g. The childrenpretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。
3.自诩；自称；自以为
If you do notpretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
e.g. We do notpretend that the past six years have been without problems for us...
我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。
e.g. Within this lecture I cannotpretend 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。
四、例句
She pretends that she likes them so that she can get their help.
她假装很喜欢他们，借以获得他们的帮助。
The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.
那个年轻演员扮演哈姆雷特。
She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
她闭上眼睛,装作睡着了。
Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!
谅他不会自以为懂得什麽音乐吧！
五、常用短语
六、词汇搭配
七、常见错误
误 She pretended reading a novel when I came into the room.
正 She pretended to be reading a novel when I came into the room.
析 pretend作为及物动词可以接动词不定式,但不可以接动名词作宾语。
他母亲进来时,他假装在做作业。误 When his mother came in, he pretended to do his homework.
正 When his mother came in, he pretended to be doing his homework.
析 pretend后的不定式有时须用进行或完成时态来表达“假装正在做”或“假装已做了…”。
pretend的相关近义词
deceive、dissemble、imagine、make、mask、simulate
pretend的相关临近词
pretense、pretence、pretender、pretended、pretend to、pretenders、pretending、pretendedly、pretend play、pretendingly、pretended act、pretendse play