make-believe
英['meikbi,li:v]
美
- n. 伪装；虚伪；假扮者
- adj. 假装的；虚假的
中文词源
make-believe 虚构，假装比喻用法。
英文词源
- make-believe (n.)
- "pretence," 1811, from make (v.) + believe. As an adjective by 1824.
双语例句
- 1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
- 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。
来自《傲慢与偏见》
- 2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
- 有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 3. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
- 人生就应该是快乐的，要抓住每一天，孩子们，让你们的生活变得非凡起来。
来自电影《死亡诗社》
- 4. These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.
- 这些大机构总是随意制定规定，而且说变就变。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Does this dress make my legs look too stumpy?
- 这条裙子会使我的腿看上去又短又粗吗？
来自柯林斯例句