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- 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。
- Their whole marriage had been a charade─they had never loved each other.
- 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- Let's play charades.
咱们来玩打哑谜猜字游戏吧。
- Let's play charades.
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...
- 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.- She and her three brothers played charades.
她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。
- She and her three brothers played charades.
英英释义
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
双语例句
- Who dreamed up this charade?
谁编造了这个故事? - We know now that this is a charade.
我们现在知道,这一切只是假象。 - I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.
我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。 - Everyone knew who was going to get the job from the start& the interviews were just a charade.
每个人都一开始就知道谁会得到那份工作&面试只是做个样子罢了。 - So this was all a charade?
所以这全都是在演戏吗? - Stop this charade you aren't hurt at all.
别装了,你根本没伤着。 - 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。 - 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。 - Forgive us for this charade.
原谅我们的这出把戏。 - She and her three brothers played charades.
她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。