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

• They refuse marriage and even feign poverty!
  婚不肯结，还要装穷！
• He needs to feign concern, even if he's not.
  即使不关心也要假装很关心。
• I feign illness intentionally ask for leave.
  我故意装病请假。
• The hunter ability," feign death "should now properly reduce threat even when their pet is on the mob's threat list.
  即使猎人的宠物在怪物的仇恨列表中，“假死”现在也可以正常减少仇恨。
• Good English skills like writing repts discussing directly with feign team;
  英语熟练，能写书面报告，能与国外的团队讨论问题；
• 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。
• He can feign death, disguise as enemy team, and prepare some traps in critical areas.
  他能伪装死亡，化装为敌方队伍成员，以及在关键地点设置陷阱。
• 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。
• Romeo: all say me dead, don't bother!( there) to feign death.
  罗密欧：都说我死了咯，烦不烦啊！（继续装死）
• This is perfect because if it was to someone else you can feign interest as they tell you all about her with out losing face, but if it was to you, they must come clean.
  这一招非常不错，因为如果是寄给别人，你可以边听边表现出感兴趣，同时不用担心因为不是你而丢面子；如果是你，就是你，他们肯定就得和盘托出了。