英 [feɪn] 美 [feɪn]
vt. 假装；装作；捏造；想象
vi. 假装；装作；作假；佯作
第三人称单数feigns
现在分词feigning
过去式feigned
过去分词feigned
feign /feɪn/ TEM8 [ feigning feigned feigns ]
及物动词 If someone feigns a 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. 佯作
One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness.
一天早上，我不愿去上学，就决定装病。
... 同本义〖blackmail;cheat;swindle〗 假装;冒充〖feign;pretend〗 用语言试探,诱使对方露真情〖soundout〗 ...
... 装饰;打扮(指一般的装点)〖dressup;attire;deck〗 装作,假装〖pretend;feign;makebelieve〗 贮放;藏〖hold;store〗 ...
... [tree] 高大的树木 [pretend;feign] 假装;装做 [disguise oneself as;dress up as] 改扮;装扮 ...
... 人为;矫饰〖do〗 伪装;假装〖pretend;feign;disguise〗 虚假;不真实〖false;fake〗 ...
One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness.
一天早上，我不愿去上学，就决定装病。
I feign dispassion, but I'm not fooling anybody.
我装作冷静，虽不是为了欺骗任何人。
Many, in fact, feign love of life to evade love itself.
事实上，许多人假装热爱生命，进而逃避爱之本身。
The Commission cannot feign ignorance when inundated with information of malfeasance from industry insiders.
Many of the women have given birth before and use that experience to feign another pregnancy.
Typically the predator will fall back to feign its own vulnerability and then, at the opportune moment, pounce.
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