v.掩饰,假装:为了避免暴露真实情况或感受而采取的伪装行为。
dissemble /dɪˈsɛmbəl/ [ dissembling dissembled dissembles ]
不及物动词 When people dissemble, they hide their real intentions or emotions. 掩饰(真实的感情或意图)
Henry was not slow to dissemble when it served his purposes.
形势一对他有利,亨利就马上开始隐瞒。
...18) ) 真假: apocryphal/bogus/deceptive/dissembling/fraudulent/feigned/fictitious/mendacious/ prevaricated/pseudo/spurious--------authenticated/candid/genuine/truthful/unfe...
She was a very honest person who was incapable of dissembling.
她是一个非常诚实的人,不会伪装。
He was accused of dissembling and deception of campaign funds.
他被指控掩饰和欺骗竞选经费。
On reading diplomats’ dissembling, people may be tempted to sneer.
读到外交官的虚虚假假时,人们也许将嗤之以鼻。
In a city of dissembling self-promoters, he works hard every day for the common good.
Decoration, after all, implies dissembling, something that would become anathema to the form-follows-function crowd.
The hospital says the Bush campaign had nothing to do with preparing Wasserman's first dissembling statement.