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charade

[英] [ʃəˈreɪd] [美] [ʃəˈreɪd] 生词本

n.

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1. N-COUNT 明显的做作;一眼看穿的伪装 If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone. 
  • 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。

  • 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。

2. N-UNCOUNT 看手势猜字谜游戏 Charades is 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. 
  • She and her three brothers played charades.

    她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。

Noun

1. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

2. a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

1. He wasn't really upset—his behaviour was just a charade.
他并不是真正心绪烦乱——他的行为只是荒谬的伪装。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.
我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。

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3. She struggled to maintain the charade of not being afraid.
她竭力装出不害怕的样子。

来自《简明英汉词典》