pretending

Stop swanning about pretending to be clever.

别自以为是地晃荡。

Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog.

举止滑稽，作一条狗。

They tried to smother up the murder by pretending that her death was accidental.

称她是意外死亡以掩盖谋杀事实。

The candidate tried to run away from controversial issues by pretending to be ill.

这位候选人佯装生病, 以回避参与一些争论性的问题。

He's up to his old tricks again—he's been getting money from people by pretending to be blind.

又耍老花招——一直靠装成盲人从人手里骗取钱财。

He stole money from an old woman while pretending to be a good Samaritan and help carry her shopping.

假装助人为乐帮一位老太太拿买的东西，实际偷她的钱。

I threw the police off the scent by pretending I was in Mexico City on the day of the crime.

我伪装犯罪当日自己在墨西哥城使警方失去线索。

The best traders don't try to hide from these unknown variables by pretending they don't exist, nor do they try to intellectualize or rationalize them away through market analysis.

最优秀的交易者不会通过假装不知道来隐藏这些未知的变数，也不会通过市场分析把这些变数合理化。