make-believe

n.

假装；假扮者；

adj.

假装的；虚构的，虚幻的；

1. I pretended to believe him and helped.
   我也假装信以为真，帮了他一把。
2. Let's make out that we know nothing about it.
   我们就假装不知道这件事情。
3. He refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination.
   他不相信天使的存在是一种幻想。
4. It is an illusion to believe that leaders gain profundity while they gain experience.
   如果有人认为，领导人经验越多，就会变得越成熟，那只是幻想。

Make-believe
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Précis of Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts
Mimesis as Make-Believe
Mimesis as make-believe :
Mimesis as Make-Believe
The house of make-believe: Children's play and the developing imagination.
Make-believe memories
The House of Make-Believe: Children's Play and the Developing Imagination.
The effect of make-believe play on deductive reasoning.
Tell me a make-believe story: Coherence and cohesion in young children's picture-elicited narratives.
The child's world of make-believe: Experimental studies of imaginative play.