0 to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game:
[ + (that) ] He pretended (that) he didn't mind, but I knew that he did.
[ + to infinitive ] Were you just pretending to be interested?
She's not really hurt - she's only pretending.
2 to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, esp. in order to deceive people or as a game:
[ + to infinitive ] Tom pretends to care.
[ + (that) clause ] The children pretended (that) they were dinosaurs.
Just for a laugh, I pretended that I'd forgotten it was his birthday.
He isn't really angry - he's just pretending.
He even tried to pretend he was a film star's son - can you believe it?
Furthermore, children manifested a marked increase in pretend-play with toy objects that were replicas of real objects specifically designed to stand for other objects.
There is no point in pretending that buyer-seller relationships are ships passing in the night, always a short-term swap.
Both utterances are situated in a pretend frame.
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假裝,偽稱, (遊戲中)裝扮, 想像的,不真實的…
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假装,伪称, (游戏中)装扮, 想象的,不真实的…
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fingir, simular, hacer como si…
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fingir, simular…
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numara yapmak, gibi görünmek, ...mış/miş gibi görünmek…
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prétendre, feindre, faire semblant…
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