make-believe

英 [meɪk bɪ'liːv] 美 [meɪk bɪ'liːv]

• n. 假装；假扮；幻想
• adj. 幻想的；假装的

英英释义

Noun:

1. imaginative intellectual play

2. the enactment of a pretense;

   "it was just pretend"
   

Adjective:

1. imagined as in a play;

   "the make-believe world of theater"
   "play money"
   "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I pretended to believe him and helped.
   我也假装信以为真，帮了他一把。
2. Let's make out that we know nothing about it.
   我们就假装不知道这件事情。
3. He refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination.
   他不相信天使的存在是一种幻想。
4. It is an illusion to believe that leaders gain profundity while they gain experience.
   如果有人认为，领导人经验越多，就会变得越成熟，那只是幻想。

词汇搭配

• make believe 好玩或古怪的装扮...
• make believe that the moon is made of green cheese 愚弄人,很愚蠢...

近反义词

【近义词】

• pretense 借口
• fake 假的
• pretend 假装
• pretence 假装
• imaginary 想象的
• fantasy 幻想
• made-up 捏造的
• mock 嘲弄
• role-playing 角色扮演
• play-acting 动词play-act的现...
• story 故事
• game 游戏
• assumed 假定的
• deceptive 骗人的
• unreal 不真实的
• fictitious 假想的
• fanciful 想像的
• fabled 虚构的
• disguised 动词disguise的过...