feigningn. pretending,counterfeiting,dissembling假裝，假冒，偽裝。
△Tw.3.1.110 (98):“’Twas never mer-ry world / Since lowly feigning was called compli-ment.”i.e. The world has never been a happy placesince pretended humility (with the word “servant”)was considered a way of paying compliments. 自從假裝謙卑被認(rèn)為是一種恭維方式之后，這世界就不再有什么樂(lè)趣了。(按：奧麗維婭想起西薩里奧曾提過(guò)他是“紳士”，因此這時(shí)對(duì)他自稱“仆人”表示不悅。)
feigninga. inventive,imaginative,pretending捏造的，虛構(gòu)的，假裝的。
△As.3. 3. 21 (19):“for the truest po-etry is the most feigning，”因?yàn)樽钫鎸?shí)的詩(shī)都是最虛構(gòu)的。 |