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单词 masquerade
释义
masquerade
noun
uk
/ˌmæs.kərˈeɪd/us
/ˌmæs.kəˈreɪd/

masqueradenoun(BEHAVIOUR)

[CorU]
behaviourthat isintendedtopreventthetruthabout somethingunpleasantor notwantedfrombecomingknown:
伪装；掩饰
Theykeptup the masquerade of beinghappilymarriedfor over 30years.30多年来他们一直假装婚姻很幸福。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faking & pretending
  • affect
  • air guitar
  • assume
  • believe
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • cry
  • false
  • false modesty
  • falsifiable
  • falsify
  • feign
  • mountebank
  • out-bluff
  • passsomethingoff assomething
  • phoney
  • play-act
  • professed
  • purport
  • quack
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masqueradenoun(PARTY)

(alsomasquerade ball,masquerade party)
apartyordancewherepeoplewearmasks(=coveringsoverpartor all of theface)or otherdisguises(=clothesthathidewho you are or make youlooklike someoneelse):
When sheagreestoaccompanyhim to a masquerade, she does notknowwhoexactlyshe isdancingwith.
Theconventionfinishedwith a masqueradeball.
More examples
  • Sheencounteredafamouspoet,dressedas amonk, at a masquerade in London.
  • Anentiregalleryisdevotedtophotographsof the masqueradeballheldin the Winter Palace inFebruary1903.
  • I haveacceptedaninvitationfor us toattenda masqueradeballgiven byfriendsofLordandLadyMatlock.
  • Theythrowabigmasqueradepartythatincludeshandingoutanimalmasksto thechildren.
  • According to Luis Buñuel, Dalí andGalawent to a masqueradepartyin Chicagodressedas the Lindberghbabyand thekidnapper.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Celebrations, parties & special occasions
  • a night on the townidiom
  • afterparty
  • April Fool's Day
  • baby shower
  • bachelor party
  • backslapping
  • dinner
  • dinner dance
  • Easter egg hunt
  • fayre
  • feast
  • masked ball
  • mela
  • Mother's Day
  • New Year's Eve
  • trick-or-treating
  • Valentine's Day
  • wassail
  • wassailer
  • wassailing
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(Definition ofmasqueradefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
masquerade
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌmæs.kərˈeɪd/us
/ˌmæs.kəˈreɪd/
behaviourthat isintendedtopreventthetruthabout somethingunpleasantor notwantedfrombecomingknown
伪装；掩饰
Theykeptup the masquerade of beinghappilymarriedfor over 30years.30多年来他们一直假装婚姻很幸福。

masquerade| American Dictionary

masquerade
noun[C]
us
/ˌmæs·kəˈreɪd/
apartyordancein whichpeoplewearmasks(=coveringsfor theface):
There were dozens of masqueradeballs,parades,streetdances, andfancydressparties.
A masquerade is also afalseshow orappearance:
I’mafraidwe will not have afairelectionbut another masquerade.
masquerade
verb[Ialways+ adv/prep]
us
/ˌmæs·kəˈreɪd/
topretendorappearto be:
In thisbusiness, there are a lot ofunqualifiedpeoplemasquerading asexperts.
(Definition ofmasqueradefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmasquerade

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It would be a world containing demons masquerading as cats.
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At themasquerade, the eight men run into the ballroom at the stroke of midnight and scare the gathered revelers.
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Here, it is themasqueradethat allows flexibility and freedom of manoeuvre.
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That does not mean that the end users of the data are geochemists, though some of us have masqueraded under that banner.
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Necrotizing soft tissue infection masquerading as cutaneous abscess following illicit drug injection.
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They produce a peculiar narrative order, his specific way of creating loyalty in the reader masquerading as historical narrative.
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One can miss it nowadays in themasqueradeof forms that is going on.
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However, when a piece of theoretical work is dismissed as 'highly personal', it seems that an essentially conceptual problem masquerades as a mere terminological dispute.
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It may well be that subtle differences in the social worlds of identical twins in comparison to fraternal twins are still masquerading as genetic influence.
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It might be alleged that these figures were modern whigs masquerading behind the name ' old whig ' but such a view seems unconvincing for three reasons.
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Social categories thatmasqueradeas aesthetic facts simply reinscribe essentialist notions of music that precede analysis.
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Others see law's ability to construct authority out of thin air as a trait to be admired rather than a dangerousmasquerade.
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Humans masquerading as personified animals or birds figured prominently in this new circus work performing across species, along with some strikingly innovative technology.
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One possibility is that empathy is not a single topic; it is simply an umbrella term masquerading as a discrete topic.
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Could it perhaps be an office brochure masquerading as a monograph?
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