Feign

(verb.) make believe with the intent to deceive; 'He feigned that he was ill'; 'He shammed a headache'.

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• Here, therefore, we feign a new act of the mind, which we call the willing an obligation; and on this we suppose the morality to depend. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• She had not been much of a dissembler, until now her loneliness taught her to feign. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She cannot feign; she scorns hypocrisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I'm here on business--just got here, Archer explained; and, without knowing why, he suddenly began to feign astonishment at seeing her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He's only feigning to be asleep now,' said the captain, in a high passion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mrs. Weston was acting no part, feigning no feelings in all that she said to him in favour of the event. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• In the art of feigning he is a worthy disciple of Plato. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• We all drew nearer to the cages, feigning to examine the birds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They were envied when they went away by people left behind, feigning not to want to go: and that again was the Marshalsea habit invariably. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Feigning to be intent on her embroidery, she sat plying her needle until her busy hand was stopped by Mrs Boffin's hand being lightly laid upon it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• As Louisa feigned to rouse herself, and sat up, Sissy retired, so that she stood placidly near the bedside. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The sleeper moving an arm, he sat down again in his chair, and feigned to watch the storm from the window. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Hers was neither forced nor feigned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This time, Mr. Lorry feigned to go out when he could extract no answer from him, and, after remaining absent for an hour, returned. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• For her sake, I wished to conceal it--for her sake, still, I tell this story under feigned names. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Mine would have been feigned stoicismforced fortitude. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Had he feigned a regard for her which he did not feel? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• If one feigns death lions and lionesses are supposed to ignore one, according to Mr. Philander's faulty memory. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Twemlow, in a stunned condition, feigns to compare the portrait in his hand with the original looking towards him from his Mephistophelean corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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