feign

英 [feɪn]

美 [feɪn]

v.  假装，装作，佯装(有某种感觉或生病、疲倦等)

现在分词：feigning　过去式：feigned　过去分词：feigned　第三人称单数：feigns　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15443 / COCA.13497

牛津词典

verb

• 假装，装作，佯装（有某种感觉或生病、疲倦等）
  to pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill/sick, tired, etc.
  1. He survived the massacre by feigning death.
     他装死才在大屠杀中死里逃生。
  2. ‘Who cares?’ said Alex, feigning indifference.
     “有谁在乎？”亚历克斯佯作漠不关心地说。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 装作;假装;冒充
  If someonefeignsa particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true.
  1. One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness...
     有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。
  2. 'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference.
     “贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。

英英释义

verb

• make believe with the intent to deceive
  1. He feigned that he was ill
  2. He shammed a headache
  Synonym:shampretendaffectdissemble
• make a pretence of
  1. She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
  2. he feigned sleep
  Synonym:simulateassumesham

双语例句

• 'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference.
  “贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。
• In their coupling he would feign great passion until be began to believe it himself.
  两情欢好的时候他总是装出极大的热情，到后来连他自己也信以为真了。
• To feel, or feign, decorous woe.
  感到或装作适当的悲伤。
• One god is god of both, as poets feign;
  诗人们说，音乐之神也就是诗神；
• Gather your friends to watch TV shows in which strangers paint one another's rooms the color of phlegm and then feign mutual delight.
  邀朋友一起看电视节目（节目中有人把别人房间漆成和痰一样的颜色，然后假装出大家同乐的样子）。
• I feign illness intentionally ask for leave.
  我故意装病请假。
• When you get some mobs on you, just run through and feign death.
  当你找一些暴民在你刚刚贯穿和佯死。
• They refuse marriage and even feign poverty!
  婚不肯结，还要装穷！
• The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly found out that a bear was coming toward him.
  猎人突然发现有只狗熊正向他走来他只好装死。
• Now you're trying to feign innocence.
  现在你又想装无辜。