feign

英 [feɪn] 美 [feɪn]

• vt. 假装；捏造
• vi. 假装；装作

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 捏造，虚构，编造，杜撰
2. 【文】装作，佯作，假装，佯装，作假，假托
3. 伪装，伪造
4. 构成，形成，使成形
5. 想象，设想
6. 学，模仿

英英释义

Verb:

1. make believe with the intent to deceive;

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

2. make a pretence of;

   "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"
   "he feigned sleep"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. People may feign incapability to fraudulently claim the benefits, thus depriving the really needy.
   人可能假装无能欺诈索赔的好处，从而剥夺了真正有需要的。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. People may feign incapability to fraudulently claim the benefits, thus depriving the really needy.
   人可能假装无能欺诈索赔的好处，从而剥夺了真正有需要的。
2. To feign frankness is a ruse of war.
   装作坦白，是为了作战的目的。

经典引文

• Tom could not feign interest in what seemed so far away in time.

  出自： P. Pearce

• Charlotte..feigned a weakness she did not entirely feel.

  出自： A. Schlee

近反义词

【近义词】

• assume 假定
• pretend 假装
• fake 假的
• affect 影响
• simulate 假装
• sham 假
• play 玩
• act 行为
• put on 穿上
• make believe 好玩或古怪的装扮...
• invent 发明
• bluff 虚张声势
• dissemble 掩饰