pretending 音标拼音: [prit'ɛndɪŋ]
a . 假装的,伪称的,娇饰的
假装的,伪称的,娇饰的
pretending n 1 :
the act of giving a false appearance ; "
his conformity was only pretending " [
synonym : {
pretense }, {
pretence },
{
pretending }, {
simulation }, {
feigning }]
Pretend \
Pre *
tend "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pretended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pretending }.] [
OE .
pretenden to lay claim to ,
F .
pr ['
e ]
tendre ,
L .
praetendere ,
praetentum ,
to stretch forward ,
pretend ,
simulate ,
assert ;
prae before tendere to stretch .
See {
Tend },
v .
t . ]
1 .
To lay a claim to ;
to allege a title to ;
to claim .
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Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
To hold before ,
or put forward ,
as a cloak or disguise for something else ;
to exhibit as a veil for something hidden .
[
R .]
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Lest that too heavenly form ,
pretended To hellish falsehood ,
snare them . --
Milton .
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3 .
To hold out ,
or represent ,
falsely ;
to put forward ,
or offer ,
as true or real (
something untrue or unreal );
to show hypocritically ,
or for the purpose of deceiving ;
to simulate ;
to feign ;
as ,
to pretend friendship .
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This let him know ,
Lest ,
willfully transgressing ,
he pretend Surprisal . --
Milton .
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4 .
To intend ;
to design ;
to plot ;
to attempt . [
Obs .]
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Such as shall pretend Malicious practices against his state . --
Shak .
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5 .
To hold before one ;
to extend . [
Obs .] "
His target always over her pretended ." --
Spenser .
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