dissimulate
verb[IorT]
formaluk/dɪˈsɪm.jə.leɪt/us/dɪˈsɪm.jə.leɪt/tohideyourrealfeelings,character, orintentions:
掩盖,掩饰(动机、感情、真相等)They did nottryto dissimulatetheirgrief.他们没有掩饰自己的悲伤。
to act as if something is true when it is not
- pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise.
- make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce.
- play at somethingUKThe children are playing at cops and robbers.
- role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping.
- fakeShe's only faking being ill.
- feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance.
Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- anti-sentimental
- belie
- bite
- biteyourlipidiom
- bloodless
- icily
- impassive
- impassively
- impassivity
- impenitent
- internalize
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoically
- unsentimental
- woodenly
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