charade

英 [ʃəˈrɑːd]

美 [ʃəˈreɪd]

n. 明显的伪装; 做戏; 装模作样; 打哑谜猜字游戏

Collins.1 / BNC.18799 / COCA.18388

牛津词典

noun

明显的伪装；做戏；装模作样
a situation in which people pretend that sth is true when it clearly is not
1. Their whole marriage had been a charade─they had never loved each other.
  他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏——他们从未相爱过。
打哑谜猜字游戏
a game in which one player acts out the syllables of a word or title and the other players try to guess what it is
1. Let's play charades.
  咱们来玩打哑谜猜字游戏吧。

N-COUNT 明显的做作;一眼看穿的伪装
If you describe someone's actions as acharade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
1. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...
  我不明白，他为什么要大费周章，装腔作势。
2. The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
  联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
N-UNCOUNT 看手势猜字谜游戏
Charadesis a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
1. She and her three brothers played charades.
  她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。

noun

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Synonym:parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquetravestypasquinadeput-on

This mad charade is coming to an end.
这个疯狂的游戏就要结束了。
So this was all a charade?
所以这全都是在演戏吗？
You mean, we have to stage this charade once more?
你是说，我们不得不再演一次戏？
He has no clue Shanghai was a charade.
他完全不知道上海只是一个幌子。
My Nigerian friendships are all but over Facebook keeps up the charade and I have no contact with anyone from secondary school.
我在尼日利亚的那些友谊基本上都结束了，虽然在Facebook上看起来还存在，但我现在和中学时期的朋友没有任何联系。
She and her three brothers played charades.
她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。
The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
How much longer must we sustain this charade?
我们也要装傻充愣多久？
The charade was over: they could hear his feet striking sharply on the asphalt going away.
他玩的把戏结束了，人们可以听到他的脚步响亮地敲击着沥青路渐渐远去。
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade
我不明白，他为什么要大费周章，装腔作势。