vt.

1. 佯装；假装；[+to-v][+（that）]
   He pretended that he was innocent.

   他假装无辜。

   He pretended to be friendly with me.

   他假装对我友善。

2. 自命，自称[Y][+to-v][+（that）]
   I do not pretend to be a scholar.

   我不自命为学者。

3. （尤指孩子）（在游戏中）假扮；装作[Y][+to-v][+（that）]
   Let's pretend that we're on an island.

   让我们装作在一孤岛上。

4. 【口】（常用于否定句）妄称，敢于[Y][+to-v]
   I can not pretend to judge between them.

   我可不敢在他们之间作出裁判。

vi.

1. 假装
   She wasn't really crying; she was only pretending.

   她并非真的在哭；她只是假装而已。

2. 自封，自称；妄求[（+to）]
   She pretends to great knowledge.

   她自称具有广博的知识。

a.

1. 假装的；假想的
   It is a pretend meal this evening, with nothing whatever on the table.

   今晚只是假装吃饭，餐桌上什么吃的也没有。

v.

1. act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
   ▸engage in an imaginative game or fantasy.
   ▸simulate (an emotion or quality).
2. (pretend to) lay claim to (a quality or title).

adj.