0 an act or event that is clearly false -- 顯而易見的作假；明顯的偽裝
Everyone knew who was going to get the job from the start - the interviews were just a charade. 大家從一開始就知道誰會得到這份工作——面試不過是做個樣子而已。
1 a team game in which each member tries to communicate to the others a particular word or phrase that they have been given, by expressing each syllable or word using silent actions -- 打啞謎猜字遊戲
As he is older than me, he said that he is no longer playing charades.
Rules should be established so that we shall no longer have to go through an endless game of charades every time extraditions are attempted.
I have never before spoken in a guillotine debate, because often they are charades, but this is a serious issue.
The idea at the back of it was no: the matter of obscene performances or family charades, but the safety of the buildings concerned.
Because guilt has to be proved, our divorce courts are replete with charades that bring law and the institution of marriage into disrepute.
There is no argument about this, so why do we have to try to play charades all the time?
To speak of interfering with family charades is really throwing a ridiculous light on a serious suggestion.
In our view it was not possible or desirable to formalise the distinction between family charades and club performances.
