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VERB
假裝；偽裝；裝作
If you pretend 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.
例句
I pretend that things are really okay when they're not...
當情況不好的時候我假裝一切順利。
Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...
有時這個男孩會假裝睡著了。
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VERB
（做游戲等時）假裝，假扮，裝扮
If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
例句
She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain...
她可以曬曬太陽，假裝自己是在西班牙。
The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
孩子們扮成不同的動物，隨著音樂起舞。
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VERB
自詡；自稱；自以為
If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
例句
We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us...
我們并不自夸在過去的6年中沒有遇到任何問題。
Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.
在這一次講座中，我不敢自詡能對夢境作透徹的分析。