feign

动词 feign:

1. make believe with the intent to deceive
   同义词：sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
2. make a pretence of
   同义词：simulate, assume, sham

1. Her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren't convincing.
   她的强颜欢笑并不使人信服。

feign

v.（动词）
feigned,feign.ing,feigns
v.tr.（及物动词）

To give a false appearance of:
假装：
例句：
feign sleep.
假装睡觉

To represent falsely; pretend to:
冒充；假装：
例句：
feign authorship of a novel.See Synonyms at pretend
冒充小说的著作人参见 pretend

To imitate so as to deceive:
模仿：为了欺骗而模仿：
例句：
feign another`s voice.
模仿另一个人的声音

To fabricate:
捏造：
例句：
feigned an excuse.
编造理由

Archaic To invent or imagine.
【古语】 创造或虚构
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To pretend; dissemble.
假装；掩盖（事实）

来源：
Middle English feinen
中古英语 feinen
from Old French feindre
源自 古法语 feindre
from Latin fingere [to shape, form] * see dheigh-
源自 拉丁语 fingere [成型，塑造，形成] *参见 dheigh-