make 是“制作”,believe是“相信”,make believe 是什么意思?
◆ to make believe:
(to pretend) 假装
◇ 说明
a. make believe 表“假装”,与 pretend 同义,之后接 that 从句做宾语,用法如下:
The poor manmade believethat he was rich.
= The poor man pretended that he was rich.
(这个穷光蛋假装很有钱。)
b. make believe 之后只以 that 从句做宾语,而 pretend 之后可接 that 从句或 to 引导的不定式短语。因此上句亦可改写成:
The poor man pretended tobe rich.
(这个穷光蛋假装很有钱。)
◇ 例:
George made believethat he was sick so that he would not have to go to school.
(乔治假装生病,这样他就可以不必去上学。)
Do you think that Mary was only making believethat she was tired?
(你认为玛丽只是假装疲倦吗?)
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