Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 26 The best art critics
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt. 假装，伪装;假称;装扮;
vi. 扮演;自称;假装，矫作;
adj. 仿制的;
💡 pre提前+tend延伸→提前伸出想好借口 → 假装，借口
"So you don't need to pretend, do you?"
所以你不必装假了, 对 吧 ?
近义：purport, represent, sham, simulate, dissemble, fake
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默认;听说;领会;
💡 under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通晓；认为
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那仅仅是近似值。
近义：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反义：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人，现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体，指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义：mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn