pretending is pretend's Present Participle

pretend

US [prɪˈtend]
UK [prɪ'tend]
  • v.假装；装作；假托；(戏剧等中)装扮
  • Web伪装；假装好；他装作
Simple Present：pretends  Present Participle：pretending  Past Tense：pretended  

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v.
1.
假托,借口;假装,装做;(戏剧等中)装扮
2.
诈,骗...说 (that);自命,自称;要求,妄想
3.
假装,装作
4.
以...自居;自封,自称;要求,妄想,觊觎(to);求婚(to)
1.
假托,借口;假装,装做;(戏剧等中)装扮
2.
诈,骗...说 (that);自命,自称;要求,妄想
3.
假装,装作
4.
以...自居;自封,自称;要求,妄想,觊觎(to);求婚(to)

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,假装假装,装作装作,假托假托,装扮装扮,伪装伪装,假装好假装好,他装作他装作
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
It's 'like producing cigarettes, ' he said, pretending to puff on an imaginary cigarette in a meeting room at Geely's Hangzhou headquarters.
李书福在吉利杭州总部的会议室里说，这就像生产香烟，边说边做了一个假装吞云吐雾的吸烟动作。
lǐ shū fú zài jí lì háng zhōu zǒng bù de huì yì shì lǐ shuō , zhè jiu xiàng shēng chǎn xiāng yān , biān shuō biān zuò le yī gè jiǎ zhuāng tūn yún tǔ wù de xī yān dòng zuò 。
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2.
Beside me was a woman with a little girl in her arms. But in front of her, a young man occupied two seats, pretending to be sleeping.
我身边站着一位怀抱小女孩的妇女，她身前有一位小青年占着两个座位，假装在睡觉。
wǒ shēn biān zhàn zhe yī wèi huái bào xiǎo nǚ hái de fù nǚ , tā shēn qián yǒu yī wèi xiǎo qīng nián zhàn zhe liǎng gè zuò wèi , jiǎ zhuāng zài shuì jiào 。
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3.
I'm pretending? " I shook my head. " All those years of psych grad, " I said. " And to tell me that?
“我伪装？”我摇了摇头，“这么多年的心理指导，你告诉我这个？”
" wǒ wěi zhuāng ? " wǒ yáo le yáo tóu , " zhè me duō nián de xīn lǐ zhǐ dǎo , nǐ gào su wǒ zhè ge ? "
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4.
In short, she looks like a president, rather than like someone pretending to be one for a while.
简而言之，她现在看起来更像一位总统，而不像是暂时代班者。
jiǎn ér yán zhī , tā xiàn zài kàn qǐ lái gèng xiàng yī wèi zǒng tǒng , ér bù xiàng shì zàn shí dài bān zhě 。
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5.
Butterfly, has showed up in a picturesque town in Abruzzo, a mountainous region East of Rome, where he's pretending to be a photographer.
他游迹于位于罗马东部多山地区的阿布鲁佐，在那里一个独特的小镇上驻扎下来，并伪装成了一个摄影师。
tā yóu jì yú wèi yú luó mǎ dōng bù duō shān dì qū de ā bù lǔ zuǒ , zài nà li yī gè dú tè de xiǎo zhèn shàng zhù zhā xià lái , bìng wěi zhuāng chéng le yī gè shè yǐng shī 。
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6.
He waded through the resorts, pretending to be part of a seminar so he could get hot coffee and a roll.
他走进度假村，假装参加那里举办的会议，只求能喝上一杯热咖啡，吃上一个面包卷。
tā zǒu jìn dù jià cūn , jiǎ zhuāng cān jiā nà li jǔ bàn de huì yì , zhǐ qiú néng hē shàng yī bēi rè kā fēi , chī shàng yī gè miàn bāo juǎn 。
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7.
I must say, Amy, pretending to have intercourse with you has given me a great deal of satisfaction.
我不得不说，艾米，假装和你上床让我的身心得到了极大的满足。
wǒ bù dé bù shuō , ài mǐ , jiǎ zhuāng hé nǐ shàng chuáng ràng wǒ de shēn xīn dé dào le jí dà de mǎn zú 。
learning.sohu.com
8.
He felt saddled to the wrong wife: "Even closing my eyes and pretending she was a horse didn't work after a while. "
他觉得自己娶错了妻子：“即使是闭上眼睛假装太太是一匹马，还是不行。”
tā jué de zì jǐ qǔ cuò le qī zi : " jí shǐ shì bì shàng yǎn jing jiǎ zhuāng tài tài shì yī pǐ mǎ , hái shì bù xíng 。 "
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9.
It was a complicated thing, and I'm not pretending it was more simple than it was.
那是个复杂的事情，我并不是要假装它比表面上看起来的要简单。
nà shì gè fù zá de shì qíng , wǒ bìng bú shì yào jiǎ zhuāng tā bǐ biǎo miàn shàng kàn qǐ lái de yào jiǎn dān 。
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10.
The clever ones threw a few limes and ears of corn into a shoulder bag and walked along pretending to be shoppers themselves.
几个机灵些的女人，扔几个酸橙和些苞谷在挎包里，边走边佯装着是买她们东西的顾客。
jǐ gè jī ling xiē de nǚ rén , rēng jǐ gè suān chéng hé xiē bāo gǔ zài kuà bāo lǐ , biān zǒu biān yáng zhuāng zhe shì mǎi tā men dōng xi de gù kè 。
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