feign

Các nghĩa

1. giả vờ, giả đò

   To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

   The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

   They feigned her signature on the cheque.

   [T]he truest poetry is the most feigning, and lovers are given to poetry, and what they swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do feign.

2. bịa đặt, tưởng tượng

   To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.

   He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.

   Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

3. đánh lạc hướng, làm động tác giả

   To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.

Dạng khác

• feigns present, singular, third-person
• feigning participle, present
• feigned participle, past

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