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feign vt.假装；捏造vi.假装；装作 (1) 人可能假装无能欺诈索赔的好处，从而剥夺了真正有需要的。(2) 人可能假装无能欺诈索赔的好处，从而剥夺了真正有需要的。(3) 装作坦白，是为了作战的目的。 Feign comes from the Latin fingere "to devise, fabricate." The word fiction comes from the same source, so if you feign something such as sleep, you give off the fiction that you are sleeping. This can done to be polite but also to deceive such as when you feign an injury or the flu so you can stay home from school or work. You can also feign an accent, though some are better at this than others.

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英 [feɪn] 美 [feɪn] (1) People may feign incapability to fraudulently claim the benefits, thus depriving the really needy.(2) People may feign incapability to fraudulently claim the benefits, thus depriving the really needy.(3) To feign frankness is a ruse of war. For a more formal way to say pretend to or imitate, choose the verb feign. You might feign indifference when you hear about some gossip, but you're probably dying to know. 1[VERB 动词]装作；假装；冒充 If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [Also V to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness...有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference.“贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。

英语单词	feign
英美音标	英 [feɪn] 美 [feɪn]
中文释义	vt.假装；捏造 vi.假装；装作
英语例句	(1) People may feign incapability to fraudulently claim the benefits, thus depriving the really needy. (2) People may feign incapability to fraudulently claim the benefits, thus depriving the really needy. (3) To feign frankness is a ruse of war.
中文例句	(1) 人可能假装无能欺诈索赔的好处，从而剥夺了真正有需要的。 (2) 人可能假装无能欺诈索赔的好处，从而剥夺了真正有需要的。 (3) 装作坦白，是为了作战的目的。
vocabulary简明	For a more formal way to say pretend to or imitate, choose the verb feign. You might feign indifference when you hear about some gossip, but you're probably dying to know.
vocabulary扩展	Feign comes from the Latin fingere "to devise, fabricate." The word fiction comes from the same source, so if you feign something such as sleep, you give off the fiction that you are sleeping. This can done to be polite but also to deceive such as when you feign an injury or the flu so you can stay home from school or work. You can also feign an accent, though some are better at this than others.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]装作；假装；冒充 If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true. [V n] [V-ed] [Also V to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness... 有天早晨我不想上学，于是决定装病。 'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference. “贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。

Feign People Incapability Fraudulently Claim Benefits Depriving Needy