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- make-believe
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虚构；虚幻 If someone is living in a make-believe world, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality.
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...the glamorous make-believe world of show business...
娱乐界令人眼花缭乱的虚幻世界
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She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
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（孩子们玩的）假装，假扮（游戏） You use make-believe to refer to the activity involved when a child plays a game in which they pretend something, for example that they are someone else.
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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。
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...his make-believe playmate.
他玩扮家家的伙伴
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ADJ
虚假的;虚幻的;虚构的;假装的 You use make-believe to describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be.
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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”。
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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。
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'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment.
“可是为什么呢？”他故作惊讶地问。
- Noun
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1. imaginative intellectual play
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2. the enactment of a pretense;
- "it was just pretend"
- synonym： pretend
- Adjective
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1. imagined as in a play;
- "the make-believe world of theater"
- "play money"
- "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
- synonym： pretend
- 1. It's better to go back and make a net than to stand by the pond and long for fish.; Better return home and make a net than long for fish by the waterside.; It's better to go back and make a net than to covet the fish by merely staring into the water -- one should have a down-to-earth style of work to attain one's goal.; One should take practical steps to achieve one's aims.
- 临渊羡鱼，莫如退而结网。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Make way there-make way-make way!
- 嘿，让一下道，让一下道，让一下道！
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Careful make-up and styling can take years off you (=make you look much younger).
- 仔细化妆和头发造型能使人显得年轻。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Don't make presumptuous comments out of ignorance. Don't make improper comments before you know the whole story.
- 不要不明原委，就妄加评论。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He's inclined to put two and two together and make five (= make an incorrect guess from what he sees, hears, etc.).
- 他爱捕风捉影，听风就是雨。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. His father wants to make him a doctor [to make a doctor of him].
- 他父亲想让他作一个医生。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 7. Just make yourself at home.; Please make yourself at home.
- 在我这儿可别见外。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 8. Make yourself easy (=Make your mind easy).
- 请放心。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 9. One strand of silk doesn't make a thread; one tree doesn't make a forest.
- 单丝不成线，独木不成林。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 10. The company is caught in a double bind. If it doesn't modernize it won't make money, but if it does modernize they'll have to make people redundant because they won't need them any more.
- 这家公司进退两难。不实行现代化就无法盈利，要实行现代化就会有冗员，因为公司将不再需要他们。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 11. The company is caught in a double bind.If it doesn't modernise it won't make money, but if it does modernise they'll have to make people redundant because they won't need them any more.
- 这家公司进退两难。不实行现代化就无法盈利，要实行现代化就会有冗员，因为公司将不再需要他们。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 12. Theatrical make-up and artificial blood had been used to make the injures look realistic.
- 舞台化装和假血的应用使得伤口看起来很逼真。
来自《用法词典》
- 13. "I've a proposal to make, " she announced as she entered.
- 她一进来就对大家说“我有个建议。”
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 14. A Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
- 俄国人可能看不出会使英国人笑出泪来的笑话有什么可笑之处。
来自《用法词典》
- 15. A good judge does not make arbitrary decisions.
- 一个优秀的法官不会作武断的判决。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 16. A good scholar will make an official.
- 学而优则仕。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 17. A judicious parent encourages his children to make their own decisions.
- 贤明的父亲鼓励儿女自作抉择。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 18. A key is the part of a pianoforte that you touch to make music.
- 琴键是钢琴上用手指敲击的部件，它能使钢琴发出乐音。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 19. A mackerel sky and mares' tails make lofty ships carry low sails.
- 鱼鳞天，马尾云，大船降帆莫航行。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 20. A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.
- 一个能说出如此恶劣双关语的人，是不会对偷窃钱包感到不安的。
来自《简明英汉词典》
