feign
feign 英 [feɪn] 美 [fen]
vt. 假装；装作；捏造；想象 vi. 假装；装作；作假；佯作
进行时:feigning 过去式:feigned 过去分词:feigned 第三人称单数:feigns
- For a more formal way to say pretend to or imitate, choose the verb feign. You might feign indifference when you hear about some gossip, but you're probably dying to know.
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- vt. 假装；装作；捏造；想象
- vi. 假装；装作；作假；佯作
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1. 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。
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2. “Often you do need to feign confidence at first,” says Mr Etherington.
埃瑟林顿表示：“通常你一开始确实需要假装自信。
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3. Your man may feign embarrassment, but he’ll be warm and happy on the inside.
他们可能会假装害羞，但他心里一定会感到温暖和幸福的。
- feign (v.) A 17c. respelling of fain, fein, from Middle English feinen, feynen "disguise or conceal (deceit, falsehood, one's real meaning); dissemble, make false pretenses, lie; pretend to be" (c. 1300), from Old French feindre "hesitate, falter; be indolent; lack courage; show weakness," also transitive, "to shape, fashion; depict, represent; feign, pretend; imitate" (12c.), from Latin fingere "to touch, handle; devise; fabricate, alter, change" (from PIE root *dheigh- "to form, build").
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