feign
feign 英 [feɪn] 美 [fen]
v. 假装；装作；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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- v. 假装；装作；佯作
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1. He survived the massacre by feigning death.
他装死才在大屠杀中死里逃生。
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2. ‘Who cares?’ said Alex, feigning indifference.
“有谁在乎？”亚历克斯佯作漠不关心地说。
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3. He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm.
他假装热情地接受了邀请。
- 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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