make-believe

英 [ˈmeɪk bɪliːv]

美 [ˈmeɪk bɪliːv]

n.  虚构; 想象; 编造; 假扮; 假装

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牛津词典

noun

• 虚构；想象；编造
  imagining or pretending things to be different or more exciting than they really are
  1. They live in a world of make-believe.
     他们生活在虚幻的世界里。
• 假扮；假装
  imagining that sth is real, or that you are sb else, for example in a child's game
  1. ‘Let's play make-believe,’ said Sam.
     萨姆说：“咱们来玩假装的游戏吧。”

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 虚构；虚幻
  If someone is living in amake-believeworld, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality.
  1. ...the glamorous make-believe world of show business...
     娱乐界令人眼花缭乱的虚幻世界
  2. She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
     她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
• N-UNCOUNT （孩子们玩的）假装，假扮（游戏）
  You usemake-believeto refer to the activity involved when a child plays a game in which they pretend something, for example that they are someone else.
  1. She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.
     她过去常跟姐姐玩扮家家的游戏。
  2. ...his make-believe playmate.
     他玩扮家家的伙伴
• ADJ 虚假的;虚幻的;虚构的;假装的
  You usemake-believeto describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be.
  1. In the video, Michael Jackson danced down a make-believe street protesting that 'the kid is not my son'...
     录像里，迈克尔·杰克逊沿着虚设的街道一边跳舞一边抗议说：“那孩子不是我的儿子”。
  2. The violence in those films was too unreal, it was make-believe...
     那些影片里的暴力场面太不真实了，都是假的。
  3. 'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment.
     “可是为什么呢？”他故作惊讶地问。

英英释义

noun

• the enactment of a pretense
  1. it was just pretend
  Synonym:pretend
• imaginative intellectual play
  Synonym:pretensepretence

adj

• imagined as in a play
  1. the make-believe world of theater
  2. play money
  3. dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
  Synonym:pretend

双语例句

• It's gone. I can't make-believe anymore.
  都过去了，我只是再也不能让自己相信。
• For generations, Norwegian children have been fed images of make-believe characters such as trolls, sirens and goblins.
  一代代的挪威儿童都会听说到一些虚构的人物形象，如洞穴巨人、上女妖和小妖精。
• Language is a power but also make-believe.
  语言是一种力量但也可能是虚幻的。
• All day long he waited for a make-believe letter to arrive from a fictitious attorney.
  他整天等待着从一个虚构的律师那儿收到证实信。
• In the video, Michael Jackson danced down a make-believe street protesting that 'the kid is not my son'
  录像里，迈克尔·杰克逊沿着虚设的街道一边跳舞一边抗议说：“那孩子不是我的儿子”。
• You must know the difference between what's real and make-believe.
  你一定要看清真实与假装之间的不同。
• Of course the Neverland had been make-believe in those days, but it was real now, and there were no night-lights, and it was getting darker every moment, and where was Nana?
  当然，在家的时候，永无乡是想像出来的。可现在，它是真的了，夜灯没有了，天也越来越黑了，娜娜又在哪儿呢？
• She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
  她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
• Here they can create make-believe worlds, the way kids do in northern climates.
  在这里，他们可以创造虚拟世界，像北方的孩子们（在那边）做的一样。
• She lives in a world of make-believe.
  她生活在娇揉造作的世界里。