feigns

英 [feɪnz]

美 [feɪnz]

v.  假装，装作，佯装(有某种感觉或生病、疲倦等)
feign的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 装作;假装;冒充
  If someonefeignsa particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true.
  1. One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness...
     有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。
  2. 'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference.
     “贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。

双语例句

• You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are.
  你知道当你告诉别人你有多大岁数时，大家如何装作惊讶。
• And the third simulation, in the affirmative; when a man industriously, and expressly, feigns and pretends to be that he is not.
  第三是作伪，是积极的，就是一个人有意并且显著地装出他实际非是的那种为人来。
• The writer feigns many a myth.
  作者想象出许多神话。
• At the first trumpet, the center falls back, feigns a retreat.
  第一声号，中心退后，假装退败。
• But a more discretionary system of side-payments is complex, and may be corrupted if one of you feigns exhaustion when in fact you simply fancy a glass of wine and a bit of TV.
  但一个更为随意的补偿支付（side-payment）体系很复杂，如果你们其中一方假装疲惫，实际上只是想喝杯酒、看看电视，那么这个体系就会崩塌。
• He turns and feigns surprise.
  他转过身，装着很惊讶的样子。
• However, it is hard to understand why everybody feigns surprise at the fact that current account imbalances can be financed indefinitely in a monetary union.
  然而，令人难以理解的是，为何所有人都对以下事实装作大惊小怪：在货币联盟内，经常项目失衡能够无限地得到融资。
• The Lord knows when one is a hypocrite who feigns religiosity; this person may be able to fool others, but he cannot fool God.
  耶和华洞悉假意敬虔虚伪之人的作为；这个人也许能够愚弄其他的人，但却无法瞒骗得了上帝。
• Her prose has not been false and feigns, by the level writing style, calmly gives the human by to live simply, the tranquil esthetic feeling.
  她的散文没有虚伪和矫饰，以平实的笔调，静静地予人以淡泊、宁静的审美感受。