dissemble

英 [dɪ'sembl] 美 [dɪ'sembl]

• v. 掩饰；假装

英英释义

Verb:

1. make believe with the intent to deceive;

   "He feigned that he was ill"
   "He shammed a headache"
   

2. hide under a false appearance;

   "He masked his disappointment"
   

3. behave unnaturally or affectedly;

   "She's just acting"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. She tried to dissemble her anger with a smile on her face.
   她试图用她脸上的微笑来掩饰她的愤怒。
2. I tried to dissemble an interest I didn't feel.
   我设法假装感兴趣。

经典引文

• None of them knew how unhappy she was, so she would have either to dissemble or explain.

  出自： A. T. Ellis

• She had..dissembled what gifts she had once had.

  出自： M. Drabble

近反义词

【近义词】

• pretend 假装
• act 行为
• feign 假装
• mislead 误导
• put on an act 装腔势(炫耀自己)...
• play-act vi
• dissimulate 掩饰
• cloak 斗蓬
• affect 影响
• sham 假
• mask 伪装