charade

英 [ʃəˈrɑːd]

美 [ʃəˈreɪd]

n.  明显的伪装; 做戏; 装模作样; 打哑谜猜字游戏

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18799 / COCA.18388

牛津词典

noun

• 明显的伪装；做戏；装模作样
  a situation in which people pretend that sth is true when it clearly is not
  1. Their whole marriage had been a charade─they had never loved each other.
     他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏——他们从未相爱过。
• 打哑谜猜字游戏
  a game in which one player acts out the syllables of a word or title and the other players try to guess what it is
  1. Let's play charades.
     咱们来玩打哑谜猜字游戏吧。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 明显的做作;一眼看穿的伪装
  If you describe someone's actions as acharade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
  1. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...
     我不明白，他为什么要大费周章，装腔作势。
  2. The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
     联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
• N-UNCOUNT 看手势猜字谜游戏
  Charadesis a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
  1. She and her three brothers played charades.
     她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。

英英释义

noun

• a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  Synonym:parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquetravestypasquinadeput-on

双语例句

• We know now that this is a charade.
  我们现在知道，这一切只是假象。
• Public announcements of such deals are something of a charade.
  有关此类交易的公告完全就是在打哑谜。
• They would have never gone through this whole charade in the first place.
  他们不会首先问询这件事的。
• This mad charade is coming to an end.
  这个疯狂的游戏就要结束了。
• He has no clue Shanghai was a charade.
  他完全不知道上海只是一个幌子。
• We can stop this charade and run away together.
  我们能不管他们在一起快活。
• This charade of me being under arrest if you want to.
  在逮捕我的情况下玩这种猜谜游戏。
• You mean, we have to stage this charade once more?
  你是说，我们不得不再演一次戏？
• There's no need for you to continue this charade of defending her.
  已经没有必要继续为她辩护了。
• So this was all a charade?
  所以这全都是在演戏吗？