You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
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
adj. 严肃的,严重的;认真的,庄重的;重要的;危险的;
💡 射(se)日(ri)用藉丝(ous) 严肃的问题
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案,在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义:reliable, responsible, sedate, staid, trustworthy, trusty
反义:undependable, untrustworthy, feckless, slight, trifling, unimportant
adj. 诙谐的;机智的;会说俏皮话的;聪明的;
"He scored a bull's - eye in their argument with that witty retort."
在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害.
近义:humorous, imaginative, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, nifty
反义:humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal