pretend to

There are not many persons who pretend to exact knowledge of the subject.

自认对题目有确切了解的人不多.

I don't pretend to grateful.

我不掩饰感激之情.

They didn't have any real money so they had to pretend.

他们没有真钱，就用假的代替。

He pretend to be defeated; actually, he is actively preparing for a counterattack.

他佯败，其实是在积极准备反击。

I shall lie low and pretend to know nothing about it.

我将静静地等着,假装什么都不知道.

The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.

孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。

Don't pretend to know [ understand] when you don't.

不要不懂装懂。

Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind.

装扮成有某种素质或思想状态的样子。

If you pretend to know what you don't know , you'll only make a fool of yourself.

不懂装懂就会闹笑话.

I'd like to pretend to make it very difficult for you.

我本想装做很困难的样子。

You could also eat the more delicious part first or pretend to frown when you eat it, belying4 the actual strength of your food.

还有可以先吃盘里最好吃的，或者吃东西的时候假装皱眉头不让人知道你所吃的美食的实力，都是防守型吃法。

They pretend to be guarding the public's morals, and they corrupt them with their beastly reports.

他们装作保卫公众道德, 但是他们的下流报道只能使公众道德堕落.

We must not pretend to know when we do not know.

不要强不知为知.

I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise.

我不喜欢他，如果假装喜欢，那就是我不诚实了。

What Sophia's reflections were upon this occasion I cannot pretend to determine.

素绯雅对于这事怎样思前想后,我却不得而知.

If you pretend to know what you don't know, you'll only make a fool of yourself.

不懂装懂就会闹笑话。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

I do not pretend to be a scholar.

我不自命为学者.

Certainly I can pretend to no special knowledge of electronics.

我当然不能说掌握了电子学的专门知识.

Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.

今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导.

It is rather too much to pretend to know him very well.

仅就此自称很了解他,那可是太过分了.

Don't pretend to know [ understand ] when you don't.

不要不懂装懂.

It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success.

佯称他们的婚姻有多美满是无意义的。

Why should one pretend to like people one actually heartily dislikes?

为什么要假装喜欢实际上极度厌恶的人呢？

I'm tired of having to pretend all the time.

我讨厌老得装假。

a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)

小官僚；小官员

Papa would pretend to gobble, to emphasize this " excellence. "

爸爸假装狼吞虎咽, 以强调它的 “ 可口. ”

He does not pretend to be a genius.

他并不自命为天才.

So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading ．

所以我随身带着一本书,为了和她一样,我每天晚上都会假装在看书。

Celebrities2 pretend to be romantically involved in order to obtain press coverage3.

明星假装陷入热恋，以便博取媒体关注。