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    dissimulate

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·sim·u·late /dɪˈsɪmjəleɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal  HIDE/NOT SHOWto hide your true feelings or intentions, especially by lying 〔尤指通过撒谎〕隐藏，掩饰〔真实的情感或意图〕→ See Verb table
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    dissimulate• Goneril and Regan used fraud to gain power, and now that they have it, no longer need to dissimulate.    Origin dissimulate (1400-1500) Latin dissimulare, from simulare “to make like”
    dis·sim·u·late verbChineseSyllable
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    dissimulate
    dis‧sim‧u‧late /dɪˈsɪmjəleɪt, dɪˈsɪmjʊleɪt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Latin
     Origin: dissimulare, from simulare 'to make like'
    to hide your true feelings or intentions, especially by lying


    dis·simu·lateBrE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they dissimulate BrE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it dissimulates BrE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪts/ 🔊past simple dissimulated BrE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle dissimulated BrE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form dissimulating BrE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (formal) to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones 掩盖，掩饰（真实感情或意图） SYN dissemble ▸ dis·simu·la·tion BrE /dɪˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]