汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 故作
故作
to pretend / to feign
zuò
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

“好吧。”奶妈故作犹豫地说。

"Well," said the nurse, with an attempt at reluctance.

手抚前额,故作深沉。

The hand clutching the forehead.

“谢谢你,”她故作热情地说。

"Thank you," she said with false enthusiasm.

没时间虚情假意地故作谦虚了。

There is no time for false modesty.

他用神采奕奕的眼光看着人们,故作深沉。

He pretended profundity by eye - beamings at people.

但在年会上他总是故作热情地随声附和。

But at the annual party conference he always made the right noises.

男人用故作深沉来掩饰自己的内容。

The man use past make to deeply sink to cover up own contents.

“老样子呗,”他那故作可怜的妻子嘟囔道。

"As usual," muttered his martyred wife.

不可无故作见证陷害邻舍,也不可用嘴欺骗人。

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.

“未来10天对双方来说都会非常有趣。”,亚历克斯·弗格森故作轻描淡写地说。

"We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.