Feign



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.假装, 伪装
• ［英］ v.假装, 伪装 ( to make a false show of ; pretend)
• ［例］ I feigned illness so I could stay home from work.

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French feign-, stem of feindre, from Latin fingere to shape, feign — more at dough
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • pretend, dissemble
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to give a false appearance of ; induce as a false impression <feign death>
    • b. to assert as if true ; pretend
  • 2. archaic
    • a. invent, imagine
    • b. to give fictional representation to
  • 3. obsolete disguise, conceal
• Synonyms: see assume
• ? feigner noun

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