English Dictionary

feign

IPA（発音記号）

/feɪn/

動詞

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. / To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.

日本語の意味

見せかける、偽装する / （虚偽の）様子を装う、偽りの態度をとる / 偽る、演じる

She tried to feign surprise when her friends threw her a party, but her smile gave her away.

友人たちがパーティーを開いたとき、彼女は驚いたふりをしたが、笑顔でそれがばれてしまった。

意味（1）

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

意味（2）

To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.

He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.

意味（3）

To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.

Cahill was beaten far too easily for Miller's goal, although the striker deserves the credit for the way he controlled Alan Hutton's right-wing delivery, with his back to goal, feigned to his left then went the other way and pinged a splendid left-foot shot into Hart's bottom right-hand corner.

意味（4）

To hide or conceal.

Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.

feigns （ present singular third-person ）

feigning （ participle present ）

feigned （ participle past ）

feigned （ past ）