feign

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  • vt.
    假装,伪装
    捏造(借口、理由等)
    装作
    创造或虚构
  • vi.
    假装
    装作
    作假
    佯作

单词词源

feign 假装

来自PIE*dheigh, 揉捏,建造,词源同dough, fiction. 引申词义虚假,假装。

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双语例句

1. Some patients feign interest in order to improve their chances of being discharged .
有的病人会假装兴致盎然,以求能早日出院。
2. Distillers and brewers feign disapproval of binge drinking , but keep producing the stuff , even if there are casualties .
酿酒厂和啤酒制造商佯装不赞成过量饮酒,但却继续生产这些东西,即便会有人因此受害。
3. Brazilian bosses have always assumed that without evidence linking them directly to wrongdoing , it was enough to feign ignorance .
巴西老板们总是臆断,没有直接导向他们罪行的证据,他们满可以装无辜。
4. A proposition that was unrealistic to start with has been rejected . We should not feign surprise .
一个从一开始就不现实的提议遭到了拒绝,我们不应假装对此感到意外。
5. Mr obama has learned to show a bit more warmth , or at least to feign it .
奥巴马已经学会对别人展示更大的热情,或者至少也要假装如此。

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