make-believe

noun

1. 虚构；想象；编造
   imagining or pretending things to be different or more exciting than they really are
   1. They live in a world of make-believe.
      他们生活在虚幻的世界里。
2. 假扮；假装
   imagining that sth is real, or that you are sb else, for example in a child's game
   1. ‘Let's play make-believe,’ said Sam.
      萨姆说：“咱们来玩假装的游戏吧。”

1. N-UNCOUNT 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.
   1. ...the glamorous make-believe world of show business...
      娱乐界令人眼花缭乱的虚幻世界
   2. She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
      她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
2. N-UNCOUNT （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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...his make-believe playmate.
      他玩扮家家的伙伴
3. 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.
   1. 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”。
   2. 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。
   3. 'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment.
      “可是为什么呢？”他故作惊讶地问。

1. She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
   她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
2. 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。
3. 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”。
4. 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。
5. 'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment.
   “可是为什么呢？”他故作惊讶地问。
6. Then the make-believe becomes a reality.
   然后假装就变成了现实。
7. All her previous make-believe dogs could do marvelous things.
   她以前编造的狗狗都会做令人惊异的事情。
8. Here they can create make-believe worlds, the way kids do in northern climates.
   在这里，他们可以创造虚拟世界，像北方的孩子们（在那边）做的一样。
9. Of course the Neverland had been make-believe in those days, but it was real now, and there were no night-lights, and it was getting darker every moment, and where was Nana?
   当然，在家的时候，永无乡是想像出来的。可现在，它是真的了，夜灯没有了，天也越来越黑了，娜娜又在哪儿呢？
10. The difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to him make-believe and true were exactly the same thing.
    在这种时候，彼得和别的孩子不同的地方是，他们知道这是假装的，可是对他来说，假装的和真的就是一回事。
11. Thus sharply did the terrified three learn the difference between an island of make-believe and the same island come true.
    三个吓坏了的孩子这才敏锐地觉察到，一个假想的岛和一个真实的岛是多么不同。
12. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners.
    这一点，常常使他们感到为难，比如说，有时候他们不得不假装已经吃过了饭。
13. Make-believe was so real to him that during a meal of it you could see him getting rounder.
    对于彼得，假装就等于是真的，他假装吃饭的时候，你就能看到他真的胖起来了。
14. All day long he waited for a make-believe letter to arrive from a fictitious attorney.
    他整天等待着从一个虚构的律师那儿收到证实信。
15. I can see that you're a sucker for the make-believe too.
    可以看得出来你也喜欢虚构的东西。
16. Completely lost in a make-believe world, I seemed to see all the lamplights drifting from the ground.
    我仿佛看见所有的灯光正在大地上摇曳，我完全迷失在这虚幻的世界里。
17. The make-believe world of theater; play money; dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish.
    剧场中虚幻的世界；假钱；在水中摇晃着腿捕捉并不存在的鱼。
18. We Got Married'became the nation's first make-believe marriage variety show.
    我们结婚'，成为全国第一个地以为婚姻文艺晚会。
19. Live in a world of make-believe.
    生活在幻想的世界中。
20. You must know the difference between what's real and make-believe.
    你一定要看清真实与假装之间的不同。
21. Yes, the game of make-believe is a simple one.
    是的，这场谎言的游戏规则很简单。
22. Language is a power but also make-believe.
    语言是一种力量但也可能是虚幻的。
23. They live in a world of make-believe.
    他们生活在虚幻的世界里。
24. She lives in a world of make-believe.
    她生活在娇揉造作的世界里。
25. For generations, Norwegian children have been fed images of make-believe characters such as trolls, sirens and goblins.
    一代代的挪威儿童都会听说到一些虚构的人物形象，如洞穴巨人、上女妖和小妖精。
26. There the young Norma Jean escaped into the make-believe world of movies.
    在那里，年幼的诺玛·琼可以暂时逃循到电影的幻想世界中去。
27. My cigar store was doubly appealing: it combined collecting and make-believe.
    我的雪茄店的吸引力是双重的，它将收藏和演戏结合了起来。
28. It's gone. I can't make-believe anymore.
    都过去了，我只是再也不能让自己相信。
29. I'm a sucker for the make-believe.
    我对那些虚构的很着迷。
30. The Netherlands is this make-believe place.
    尼德兰是虚构出来的地方。

noun

1. the enactment of a pretense
   1. it was just pretend

   Synonym:    pretend

2. imaginative intellectual play

   Synonym:    pretensepretence

adj

1. imagined as in a play
   1. the make-believe world of theater
   2. play money
   3. dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish

   Synonym:    pretend