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play charades
charades 通常以复数形式指游戏本身。
We played charades all evening.
我们整晚都在玩字谜游戏。
伪装；装模作样
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伪装；装模作样
an obviously false show or pretense, especially one that seems absurd or dishonest
We played charades all evening.
我们整晚都在玩字谜游戏。
A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
A form of wordplay where several words are placed together to form a new word or part thereof.
We played a lively game of charade at the party last night.
昨晚派对上我们玩了一场热闹的字谜游戏。
She guessed the charade correctly after only two clues.
她只用了两个提示就正确猜出了字谜。
In charade, you act out the word without speaking.
在字谜游戏中，你只能通过动作表演词语，不能说话。
charades 通常以复数形式指游戏本身。
We played charades all evening.
我们整晚都在玩字谜游戏。
He acted out a charade of the movie title.
他表演了一个电影名字的字谜动作。
Let's have a game of charades.
我们来玩一局字谜游戏吧。
Not this
He charaded the word.
Use this
He acted out the word in charades.
将名词'charade'误用作动词，正确用法是使用短语'act out'表示表演字谜。
Not this
We played charade.
Use this
We played charades.
指字谜游戏时通常用复数形式'charades'，不可数或单数用法不正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
装模作样地做某事；走过场
They went through the charade of reading the report.
他们装模作样地读了那份报告。
精心策划的伪装
The whole event was an elaborate charade.
整个活动都是一场精心策划的伪装。
维持伪装
She maintained the charade until the very end.
她直到最后都在维持这个伪装。
结束伪装
It was time to end the charade and admit the truth.
是时候结束伪装、承认真相了。
玩猜字游戏
We used to play charades at family parties.
我们过去常常在家庭聚会上玩猜字游戏。
继续装模作样；维持假象
They kept up the charade that everything was fine.
他们继续装模作样，好像一切都很好。
看穿骗局；识破伪装
It didn't take long for the voters to see through the charade.
选民很快就看穿了这场骗局。
把戏结束了；伪装被揭穿
Once the accounts were audited, the charade was over.
账目一经审计，这场伪装就结束了。
字谜游戏由恋人们来玩，他们希望能找到一个吻。
Their public apology was just a charade to cover up the real problem.
他们的公开道歉只是一场掩盖真正问题的假把戏。
Use charade naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：字谜(charade)拆词拼词；生活中的 charade 却像一出人人都看穿的假戏——伪装、装模作样。
语域：neutral 常见场景：political commentary、workplace meetings、everyday conversation 这里指“装模作样、表面文章”这个常用义项。该词本身不算特别正式或特别口语，通常用来批评某个场面、流程只是在走过场，多出现在新闻评论、会议和日常对话中，语气带负面色彩。
常用作可数名词，指字谜游戏中的一个谜题或动作
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