sham illness
collocation装病
She shammed illness to avoid the exam.
她装病逃避考试。
佯装；冒充
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佯装；冒充
feign; make a pretence of
He shammed a headache to avoid going to the meeting.
他假装头痛以避免参加会议。
欺骗,欺诈,说谎。
To deceive, cheat, lie.
通过欺诈或强加强行推出。
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
模仿......的举止和性格；仿效；学样；假装。
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
假装
make a pretence of
sham
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3rd person
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shamming
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现在分词
shammed
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shammed
Past participle
过去分词
He shams illness to avoid work.
他假装生病来逃避工作。
She shammed surprise when she saw the gift.
她看到礼物时装出惊讶的样子。
They are shamming ignorance about the issue.
他们正在假装对这个问题一无所知。
动词，规则变化，过去式需双写m加ed。
She is shamming interest in his stories just to be polite.
她假装对他的故事感兴趣只是为了礼貌。
They sham confidence even when they are nervous.
他们即使紧张也假装自信。
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装病
She shammed illness to avoid the exam.
她装病逃避考试。
假装睡觉
The child shammed sleep when his mother came in.
妈妈进来时，孩子假装睡觉。
装死
Some insects sham death when threatened.
有些昆虫受到威胁时会装死。
假装头疼
He shammed a headache to leave the party early.
他假装头疼想早点离开聚会。
假装惊讶
She shammed surprise at the news.
她假装对这个消息感到惊讶。
假装冷漠
He shammed indifference to hide his disappointment.
他假装冷漠以掩饰自己的失望。
装病；装疯
Don't believe him—he's just shamming Abraham.
别相信他——他只是在装病。
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sham 比 shame 少个 e：假装（sham）被人识破，就会感到羞耻（shame）。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose 作为动词时，sham 表示“假装、佯装”，多用于文学作品或正式书面语，带有古雅色彩；日常口语中很少见，通常用 pretend 或 fake。
这些词与 sham /ʃæm/ 押韵，元音均为 /æm/：ham、jam、clam、dam、swam 拼写中都有 -am；lamb 的 b 不发音，但读音仍相同。注意 shame /ʃeɪm/ 拼写相近，但元音不同，不押韵。
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