Make-believe
n. 假装, 伪装, 假装的人\\na. 假装的
📖 牛津释义
make-believe
n [U]
(a) pretending or imagining things; fantasizing 假装; 想像; 幻想
indulge in make-believe 沉溺於幻想中.
(b) things thus imagined 想像之物
live in a world of make-believe 生活在幻想的世界中
[attrib 作定语]
a make-believe world 想像的世界.
🧩 词语组成解析
make
[mek]
vt. 做，制造;生产，制定;使成为;使产生;
vi. 开始;尝试;行进;增大;
n. 制造;生产量;性格;形状，样式;
believe
[bɪ'liv]
v. 信任;料想;笃信宗教;
vt. 相信;以为，认为;对…信以为真;信任;
🗣️ 情景例句
I did both with Richard and Susan,
有Richard和Susan时我这样做，
A great ship asks deep water.
巨轮寻深水而航行。
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them.
和平时期，当生意萧条时，霍克伍德便带领士兵进入某个城邦，纵火烧毁一两个农场，然后提出，如向他们缴纳保护金，他们便主动撤离。