dissimulation of sth
His dissimulation of his real motives was obvious.
他对真实动机的掩饰是显而易见的。
掩饰；虚伪；装糊涂
隐瞒真相的行为；虚伪或欺骗；隐藏自己的感情或意图；虚伪；[医] 瞒病
the act of deceiving
隐瞒真相的行为；虚伪或欺骗
The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
隐藏自己的感情或意图
Hiding one's feelings or intentions.
Her polite words were just dissimulation, and everyone in the room knew it.
她那礼貌的话语只是虚伪，房间里每个人都知道这一点。
用法提示：此处“dissimulation”为名词，表示“掩饰、虚伪”，作表语。
He was tired of the dissimulation in their friendship and decided to speak openly.
他厌倦了他们友谊中的虚伪，决定坦率地说出来。
用法提示：此处“dissimulation”为名词，表示“虚伪、装模作样”，作介词宾语。
The manager saw through the employee's dissimulation and asked for the real report.
经理看穿了员工的掩饰，要求拿出真正的报告。
用法提示：此处“dissimulation”为名词，表示“掩饰、欺骗”，作动词宾语。
His dissimulation of his real motives was obvious.
他对真实动机的掩饰是显而易见的。
She answered with dissimulation.
她虚伪地回答了。
They engaged in dissimulation to protect their interests.
他们进行掩饰以保护自己的利益。
grammar · medium
易错句子She dissimulation her true intentions.
正确表达She used dissimulation to hide her true intentions.
中文学习者常将名词'dissimulation'误用作动词，原因可能是与动词'dissimulate'混淆。正确用法是'dissimulation'作为名词，需要搭配动词如'use'或'engage in'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He told a dissimulation.
正确表达He resorted to dissimulation.
Dissimulation是不可数名词，不能与'a'搭配使用，也不能用'tell'。中文学习者受‘说谎’(tell a lie)影响，误将dissimulation当作可数名词。应使用‘resort to’、‘use’等动词搭配。
dissimulation 指掩饰真实意图或情感，而 simulation 指模拟或模仿某物。
dissimulation 是名词，而 dissembling 可作名词或形容词，但更常见作动词的现在分词。
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