feigned
past simple and past participle offeign
| 单词 | feigned |
| 释义 | feigned past simple and past participle offeign feign verb[T] uk/feɪn/us/feɪn/topretendto have aparticularfeeling,problem, etc. : Youknowhow everyone feignssurprisewhen youtellthem howoldyou are. Theprosecutionclaimedthat thedefendanthad feigned theinjury. Sherespondedto hisremarkswith feignedamusement. Faking & pretending
Examplesoffeignedfeigned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Sales authorities were highly conscious that customers' suspicions aboutfeignedsincerity by sales agents could undermine the larger goal of promoting consumption. From theCambridge English Corpus The one who is touched takes hold of the end, and replies in afeignedvoice to three questions asked him by the blind man. From theCambridge English Corpus Detection offeignedrecognition memory impairment using the old/new effect of the event-related potential. From theCambridge English Corpus The offering offeignedopposition can give moderates a welcome scapegoat and pretext for moderation. From theCambridge English Corpus After a reconciliation with his father that was morefeignedthan sincere, he sought e to establish relations with the ministers. From theCambridge English Corpus Malingering and factitious disorders, where the symptoms are produced orfeignedintentionally, are excluded. From theCambridge English Corpus A final limitation in the methodology is the fact that there were two experimenters whofeigneddistress. From theCambridge English Corpus The convention of suffixes constructed to designate higher degrees of oxygenation is no more helpful; here, no rhetorically realist evocation is evenfeigned. From theCambridge English Corpus It is difficult to determine whether such reasoning was genuine orfeigned. From theCambridge English Corpus The coercive strategy represents an effort to control caregiver behavior through angry, threatening, or coy (feignedimmaturity or fearfulness) behavior. From theCambridge English Corpus In such cases the open display of affection was 'feigned' (krtaka). From theCambridge English Corpus He prepares them for afeignedjourney. From theCambridge English Corpus Cake, but no singing, in the menfolk's absence (and presumed orfeignedignorance) was a reasoned and negotiated compromise. From theCambridge English Corpus Hefeignedignorance but eventually supplied the necessary information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 During that time shefeignedunconsciousness and kept herself afloat until he left the scene. 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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