英 [ˈpleɪˌæktɪŋ] 美 [ˈpleɪˌæktɪŋ]
n. 演戏，假装
v. 演戏，假装（playact 的现在分词）
playacting /ˈpleiːæktɪŋ/
不可数名词 Playacting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have. 假装; 装腔作势
It was just a piece of playacting.
它只是一种作秀而已。
the performance of a part or role in a drama
同义词： acting / playing / performing
... interim 暂时的 playacting 演戏 masquerade 化妆舞会 ...
演戏；假装
It was just a piece of playacting.
它只是一种作秀而已。
The "victim" revealed he was only playacting.
该“受害者”透露他只是在装腔作势。
Now, it's textbook and playacting.
现在，它的教科书和表演。
The upcoming debate on the debt limit offers the perfect opportunity for Congress to stop playacting and put a real budget constraint into effect.
FORBES: In Passing The Most Recent Budget, Congress And The President Lied
Tang Wei, a former model and a prodigious young actress, plays a member of a political-theatre group that carries its playacting into active resistance to the Japanese occupation.
C. is a sham, mere playacting because it does not contain the essential elements of real budgeting: namely hard spending, revenue and borrowing constraints, which politicians and bureaucrats avoid like the plague.
FORBES: In Passing The Most Recent Budget, Congress And The President Lied