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pretending 音標拼音: [prit'ɛndɪŋ] a. 假裝的,偽稱的,嬌飾的 假裝的,偽稱的,嬌飾的 pretending n 1: the act of giving a false appearance; " his conformity was only pretending" [ synonym: { pretense}, { pretence}, { pretending}, { simulation}, { feigning}] Pretend \ Pre* tend"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Pretended}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Pretending}.] [ OE. pretenden to lay claim to, F. pr[' e] tendre, L. praetendere, praetentum, to stretch forward, pretend, simulate, assert; prae before tendere to stretch. See { Tend}, v. t. ] 1. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. [ 1913 Webster] Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Lest that too heavenly form, pretended To hellish falsehood, snare them. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real ( something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship. [ 1913 Webster] This let him know, Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend Surprisal. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Such as shall pretend Malicious practices against his state. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To hold before one; to extend. [ Obs.] " His target always over her pretended." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
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