pretend
noun · verb · adjectiveA2- Tiếng Việt:
- giả vờ
giả vờ. Họ từ PRETEND — danh từ: pretense; động từ: pretend.
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
You don't have to pretend that the soup tastes fine.
You don't have to pretend to like the soup.
If you don't like it, say so. You don't have to pretend.
To get into the club, he pretended to be over 18.
Đồng nghĩa: make like
- 2.
(formal, intransitive)(intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne.
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
- 4.
(obsolete, transitive)To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
- 5.
(obsolete, transitive)To hold before one; to extend.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.
Đồng nghĩa: mimic
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(childish, informal, uncountable)The act of engaging in pretend play.
We used to dress up in our grandparents' old clothes and play pretend.
Cụm từ thường dùng
pretend to
giới từ đi kèm
pretend to be
cụm thông dụng
just pretend
cụm thông dụng
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From pretendre, Middle French pretendre (prétendre), from Latin praetendere (to put forward, hold out#Verb), from prae- ([[pre-) + tendō ([[stretch#Verb); see tend.