sham illness
collocation装病
She shammed illness to avoid the exam.
她装病逃避考试。
佯装；冒充
shamming — present participle of sham
欺骗；蒙骗；以欺骗手段强加；欺骗,欺诈,说谎。；通过欺诈或强加强行推出。；模仿......的举止和性格；仿效；学样；假装。
feign; make a pretence of
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
一般现在时
He shams illness to avoid work.
他假装生病来逃避工作。
一般过去时
She shammed surprise when she saw the gift.
她看到礼物时装出惊讶的样子。
现在进行时
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。
He shammed a headache to avoid going to the meeting.
他假装头痛以避免参加会议。
用法提示：shammed 是 sham 的过去式，表示假装某种状态。
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。
用法提示：shamming 是 sham 的现在分词，表示正在假装。
They sham confidence even when they are nervous.
他们即使紧张也假装自信。
用法提示：sham 是原形，表示一般现在时的假装行为。
最常用，口语和书面语均可，可接不定式或从句；sham 较少这样用。
较正式，常搭配 illness、ignorance、surprise 等名词，不接 that 从句。
偏正式，可指模拟真实情况，也用于技术语境。
非正式，可指装出状态或伪造物品，如 fake surprise、fake signature。
较正式，指刻意装出某种态度、口音或特征，未必含欺骗意图。
针对“欺骗、欺诈”义项，undeceive 意为使某人摆脱错觉或欺骗，是 deceive 的直接反义词。
同为“欺骗”义项的反义，disabuse 强调除去既有的错误想法，与 undeceive 相近，但更侧重纠正观念。
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。
假装有美德或信念，与sham的假装含义相关。
以欺骗手段获取利益，常与sham的欺骗含义联系。
伪装成真品的假货，体现sham的伪造或冒充概念。
公开的假装行为，接近sham的假装义。
刻意表现出的虚假态度或行为，与sham的模仿或假装相关。
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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