"playacting" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 假装表演
• 装出来的演戏

Definition

假装自己是另一个人，就像在舞台剧中表演一样，通常是为了欺骗或娱乐。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'Playacting' 通常用来批评不真诚或过于戏剧化的行为，常在“stop your playacting”这类表达中出现。不仅用于舞台表演，也指生活中的装模作样。

Examples

The children were playacting as doctors and nurses.

孩子们在**假装表演**医生和护士。

Her apology sounded like playacting to me.

她的道歉听起来像是在**假装表演**。

They accused him of playacting in court.

他们指责他在法庭上**假装表演**。

Stop your playacting and tell me the truth.

别再**装模作样**了，告诉我真相。

We all knew he was just playacting to get attention.

我们都知道他只是**假装表演**来引起注意。

The argument turned into pure playacting after a while.

争论过了一会儿就变成了纯粹的**假装表演**。