feign是什么意思_feign的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

We can feign that we don't know the truth.

我们可以假装不知道真相。
He feigned himself as a good husband.

他伪装出了一副好丈夫的形象。
The teacher thought this boy feigned pain in his stomach to avoid punishment.

老师认为这个男生是装作肚子痛来逃避惩罚。
The prosecution claimed that the defendant had feigned the injury.

原告代理律师称被告的伤是伪装的
One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness.

一天早上，我不愿去上学，就决定装病。
To feel, or feign, decorous woe.

感到或装作适当的悲伤。
You have to feign surprise.

你得装出很惊讶的样子。
I feign, I shall believe!

我会假装相信你。
Some animal feign death when in danger.

有些动物遇危险时便装死。

近义词

vt.

vi.

seem
act

同根词

词根 feign

feigned adj. 假的；做作的；捏造的 v. 假装；捏造（feign的过去式）

单词辨析

假装

simulate主要指模仿他人或他物的样子，假装具有他人或他物的特点。

feign常和pretend换用，一般指言行上的“装做，假装”如装无知、悲哀；装死、疯或装做睡眠等。

pretend指公开表示的与心里想的与客观实际不符合，含公开承认其虚假的意味。

百科

feign是一个英语单词，意思是假装，伪装。

释义

pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

假装；装出（某种感觉、状态或受伤）的样子

she feigned nervousness.

她故作紧张。

archaic invent (a story or excuse)

〈古〉捏造，杜撰（事实，借口）。

[no obj.]archaic indulge in pretence

〈古〉沉溺于弄虚作假。

词源

"Middle English： from Old French feign-, stem of feindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive'. Senses in Middle English （taken from Latin） included　‘make something’,　‘invent a story, excuse, or allegation', hence　‘make a pretence of a feeling or response'. Compare with FICTION and　FIGMENT."