feign的读音 feign中文意思
英音
[feɪn]
美音 [fen]
vt. 假装，伪装；捏造（借口、理由等）；装作；创造或虚构美音 [fen]
vi. 假装；装作；作假；佯作
第三人称单数： feigns
过去式： feigned
过去分词： feigned
现在分词： feigning
中文词源
feign 假装
来自PIE*dheigh, 揉捏，建造，词源同dough, fiction. 引申词义虚假，假装。
feign 用法和例句
- Some patients feign interest in order to improve their chances of being discharged .
- 有的病人会假装兴致盎然，以求能早日出院。
- Distillers and brewers feign disapproval of binge drinking , but keep producing the stuff , even if there are casualties .
- 酿酒厂和啤酒制造商佯装不赞成过量饮酒，但却继续生产这些东西，即便会有人因此受害。
- Brazilian bosses have always assumed that without evidence linking them directly to wrongdoing , it was enough to feign ignorance .
- 巴西老板们总是臆断，没有直接导向他们罪行的证据，他们满可以装无辜。
- A proposition that was unrealistic to start with has been rejected . We should not feign surprise .
- 一个从一开始就不现实的提议遭到了拒绝，我们不应假装对此感到意外。
- Mr obama has learned to show a bit more warmth , or at least to feign it .
- 奥巴马已经学会对别人展示更大的热情，或者至少也要假装如此。
汉语翻译
vt. 假装, 装作vi. 作假
【法】 佯作, 假装, 虚构
词型变化
动词过去式:feigned 过去分词:feigned 现在分词:feigning 第三人称单数:feigns英语解释
动词 feign:
- make believe with the intent to deceive同义词：sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
- make a pretence of同义词：simulate, assume, sham
例句
- Her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren't convincing.她的强颜欢笑并不使人信服。
详细解释
feign
v.（动词）feigned,feign.ing,feigns v.tr.（及物动词）
To give a false appearance of:假装：例句：feign sleep.假装睡觉
To represent falsely; pretend to:冒充；假装：例句：feign authorship of a novel.See Synonyms at pretend 冒充小说的著作人参见 pretend
To imitate so as to deceive:模仿：为了欺骗而模仿：例句：feign another`s voice.模仿另一个人的声音
To fabricate:捏造：例句：feigned an excuse.编造理由
Archaic To invent or imagine.【古语】 创造或虚构v.intr.（不及物动词）To pretend; dissemble.假装；掩盖（事实）
来源：Middle English feinen 中古英语 feinen from Old French feindre 源自 古法语 feindre from Latin fingere [to shape, form] * see dheigh- 源自 拉丁语 fingere [成型，塑造，形成] *参见 dheigh-