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

• Make-believe was so real to him that during a meal of it you could see him getting rounder.
  对于彼得，假装就等于是真的，他假装吃饭的时候，你就能看到他真的胖起来了。
• Completely lost in a make-believe world, I seemed to see all the lamplights drifting from the ground.
  我仿佛看见所有的灯光正在大地上摇曳，我完全迷失在这虚幻的世界里。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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 squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
  她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
• Yes, the game of make-believe is a simple one.
  是的，这场谎言的游戏规则很简单。
• Thus sharply did the terrified three learn the difference between an island of make-believe and the same island come true.
  三个吓坏了的孩子这才敏锐地觉察到，一个假想的岛和一个真实的岛是多么不同。
• Language is a power but also make-believe.
  语言是一种力量但也可能是虚幻的。