faking
present participle offake
| 单词 | faking |
| 释义 | faking present participle offake fake verb uk/feɪk/us/feɪk/fakeverb(FEELING/ILLNESS)C2[IorT] topretendthat you have afeelingorillness: to fakesurprise to fake anorgasm She didn'twantto go out, so she faked aheadache. He faked aheartattackandpersuadedprisonstaffto take him tohospital. He isn't reallycrying, he's just faking. Faking & pretending
fakeverb(OBJECT)C2[T] to make anobjectlookrealorvaluableinordertodeceivepeople: to fake adocument/signature Forgery
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Faking & pretending Examplesoffakingfaking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The year after the corps was organized, students were reported to befakingillness to avoid drilling. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the effect of taking on a social role is not an indication that the person isfaking. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, it is essential for physicians to show respect for patients and not dismiss them asfakingan illness or falsely believing themselves to be sick. From theCambridge English Corpus That cannot apply to such offences as selling venison without a licence orfakingan entry in a record book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will have practical men to give advice to them, to control matters, to scrutinise them, and to see that there is nofaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His explanation is that we arefakingthe figures and therefore cannot afford to give anything away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe he called it, "a medium that depends onfakingit". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not say that this wasfakingthe vacancies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am prepared to amend my earlier answer and say that people arefakinga more relaxed and responsible attitude towards drink. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I therefore hope that his reluctance to extend his new clause is not prompted by the fear of peoplefakingsuch illnesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is recentralising education andfakingpower away from people and parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One sees from time to time accounts of thefakingof dogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What they are all trying to do is to escape from the fixing andfakingof prices, the control of supply and the restriction of choice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What advice is given to further and higher education authorities to prevent fraud gangs from masquerading as students and getting away with millions byfakingstudent identities to obtain grants? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The same is true of a large number of modern pictures which, for one reason or another, lend themselves to imitation, copying, reproduction, and, in short, tofaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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