| 词汇 | pretend |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： c.1380, "to profess or claim," from O.Fr. pretendre "to lay claim," from L. prætendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege," from præ- "before" + tendere "to stretch," from PIE base *ten- "to stretch" (see tend). Main modern sense of "feign, put forward a false claim" is recorded from 1412; the older sense of simply "to claim" is behind the string of royal pretenders (1697) in Eng. history. Meaning "to play, make believe" is recorded from 1865. 词根记忆： v. 假装,假托,借口,(在演戏中)装扮The attendants attend the meeting and pretend to be attentive.侍从们出席会议并装出专注的样子. v. 假装,借口(pre提前+tend→提前伸出[想好借口])[tend,tent,tens=stretch,表示"伸展"] |
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