to feign · to pretend

jiǎ zhuāng

j+iǎ·3rd tonezh+uāng·1st tone

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He pretended not to be listening.

他假装听不见。

She assumed an air of indifference.

她假装不在意。

Tom's daughter pretended not to know him when he came to pick her up from school in his battered old car.

当汤姆开着他破旧的雷泽车来接女儿放学时，他的女儿假装不认识他。

I sat over there, pretending that I wasn't listening.

我在那边坐着，假装我没在听。

Tom pretended that he was a doctor.

汤姆假装他是一名医生。

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