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【释义】：

vt．❶ 假装，装著，装扮：pretend to be deaf装聋．pretend to attack the east while attacking the west声东击西．The spies pretended they were fishermen．间谍们假扮成渔民．❷ 托辞，伪称：pretend illness假托有病．❸ 胆敢，冒险：Whether he will come or not，I do not pretend to say．他来不来我不敢说．

－vi．❶ 自命，自称：pretend to wisdom自以为聪明．❷ 要求，觊觎，争：pretend to the throne争王位．❸ 假装：It is no use pretending．装疯卖傻也没用．pre·tend·er n．假装者，自封者．