Feign

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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    【文】裝作,假裝[+(that)]

                  He feigned that he was sick.

                  他假裝生病。

                  He feigned death to escape capture.

                  他裝死以逃避被俘。

          2.    捏造(藉口、理由等)



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    做假,假裝





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–verb (used with object) 

1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness. 

2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse. 

3. to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.  



–verb (used without object) 

4. to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.   





 　A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago.