pretends , pretending , pretended
If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.
I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.
我在情况不好的时候假装一切真的没事。
Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.
有时候那个男孩子假装睡着了。
If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Cancun.
她会进行日光浴并假装她是在坎昆。
If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.
我们并不自诩过去的6年我们没有遇到一点问题。