make believe

英 [ˈmeɪk bɪliːv]

美 [ˈmeɪk bɪliːv]

假装；佯为借口，托词

英英释义

verb

represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
1. She makes like an actress
Synonym:makepretend

Just make believe you're at a ball.
想象一下你是在舞会上。
There are day dreamers and night dreamers who dream up make believe places.
白天做梦和晚上做梦的人，他们运用梦赐给他们的众多想象力，构造出/梦见虚假的地方。
There were cowardly suggestions that he should make believe, assume a part;
他有过怯懦的念头：打算不懂装懂，逢场作戏。
I do not believe it, nor can you make me believe it.
我不相信这种事，你也不能使我相信。
The children like to make believe that they live in a castle.
孩子们喜欢装作住在城堡中。
Make believe I am God, and I say to you anything you want you can have.
假定我是上帝，已经告诉你你想要什么便能得到什么。
He remembered his father's advice," Sing your blues away and make believe that everything will be alright. "
他记着爸爸的话：“唱走悲伤，相信一切都会好起来的。”
The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.
重要的是，你如何使别人相信你做了些什么。
Oh! Let us build a fort; and we will call that ship away out there, an enemy's vessel, and make believe we are firing great cannon balls into her!
我们建个堡垒吧，我们把远处过往的船只称作敌舰，假装我们正用巨大的加农炮弹轰她！
He did all that just to make believe.
他做这一切只是为了装装样子。