| 词汇 | dissemble |
| 释义 | dissemble verb[ I ] formaluk /dɪˈsem.bəl/ us /dɪˈsem.bəl/ to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts: 掩盖，掩饰（动机、感情、真相等） He accused the government of dissembling.他指责政府掩盖真相。 to act as if something is true when it is not pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise. make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce. play at somethingUK The children are playing at cops and robbers. role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping. fakeShe's only faking being ill. feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance. Faking & pretending affect air guitar assume believe bluff someone into something/doing something changeling cry false false modesty falsifiable falsify feign pass something off as something phoney phony-baloney play-act play-acting professed purport quack You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hiding and disguising Examples of dissembledissemble Here is a woman for whom it is not only impossible to dissemble but fatal to try. Or, which amounts to the same thing, it would force them to dissemble or effectively to adopt assumed identities for public purposes.34 32. That is, children who expect a supportive response to their emotional displays are more likely to express emotion, whereas children who expect a negative interpersonal response report dissembling emotional expression. However, it is all very well to dissemble one's love, but why kick us downstairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He never dissembled, and to such men much may be forgiven. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if that is so you dissemble your love very strangely by throwing this sprag into the works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have elevated media manipulation to an art form: they have leaked, briefed and dissembled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it was right to dissemble their love, but why did they kick us downstairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not they who are dissembling—because they would be spending on assembling the assembly, with all the costs that that bureaucracy would involve? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they have any such good feeling they are very good at dissembling their love for the self-employed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were dissatisfied with the reply, which they found to be dissembling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has managed to dissemble his love in the past very successfully. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not trying to dissemble between different types of investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say that they are "dissembling deliberately" means that they are deliberately lying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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