pretend to

vt. 自称具有

例句与用法：

She lived a lie for 20 years by pretending to be his wife.

她假扮他的妻子已经20年了。

I really dislike my job but I have to pretend to enjoy it; what I hate even more is having to live a lie.

我真的不喜欢自己的工作，但我得装着喜欢，而且更可恨的是我不得不过着一种欺骗自己的生活。

Surely he doesn't pretend to any understanding of music!

谅他不会自以为懂得什麽音乐吧！

I don't pretend to know as much as he does about it.

我不敢说我对此事的了解有他那样多。

They pretend to misunderstand my complaint.

他们假装误解了我的投诉。

词形变化：

动词过去式: pretended | 动词过去分词: pretended | 动词现在分词: pretending | 动词第三人称单数: pretends |

详细释义：

妄求; 自封

He pretended to the throne.

他觊觎王位。