make believe

PRETENDto pretend or imagine that something is true when it is not 假装；假想

I tried to make believe she was happy, but knew deep down it wasn’t true.

我试图把她想成是快乐的，但我内心里知道并非如此。

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Examples from the Corpus

make believe• Right, kids. We don't have any proper cowboy hats so you'll have to make believe.• You seem to think that it's all a game, a make believe.• She's not really a queen -- it's only make-believe.• For two hours, they're packed together as the Hercules fly low above the make believe battle zone.• Or l would make believe he owed me money.• You can't go on making believe that nothing is wrong.• She made believe that they were as happy together as they should be, and was careful to weep only in secret.• The two little girls used to make believe that they were princesses.• The make believe world of Disney is a truly magical experience that knows no age barriers.• If somebody gives you something to read, you make believe you read it..

→ make believe at make1(7)

词汇	make believe
释义	make believe make believe PRETENDto pretend or imagine that something is true when it is not 假装；假想 I tried to make believe she was happy, but knew deep down it wasn’t true. 我试图把她想成是快乐的，但我内心里知道并非如此。 → make-believe Examples from the Corpus make believe• Right, kids. We don't have any proper cowboy hats so you'll have to make believe.• You seem to think that it's all a game, a make believe.• She's not really a queen -- it's only make-believe.• For two hours, they're packed together as the Hercules fly low above the make believe battle zone.• Or l would make believe he owed me money.• You can't go on making believe that nothing is wrong.• She made believe that they were as happy together as they should be, and was careful to weep only in secret.• The two little girls used to make believe that they were princesses.• The make believe world of Disney is a truly magical experience that knows no age barriers.• If somebody gives you something to read, you make believe you read it.. → make believe at make1(7)
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