play-act
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈpleɪ.ækt/ us/ˈpleɪ.ækt/
假装;演戏
to hide your feelings from other people, or to entertain them, by deliberately behaving in a way that does not represent your true feelings
He knew she wasn't play-acting. 他知道她不是在演戏。
Children sometimes play-act their idea of what an adult might do. 孩子们有时会表演他们所认为的成人的做法。
See: play-acting
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- You don't have to play-act anymore.
- Dominic had spent the last two months play-acting and tonight had decided to drop the façade.
- It was no good, she couldn't play-act indifference any longer.