charade
n. 易识破的伪装; 看手势猜字谜游戏; 哑剧字谜
If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...
我不明白,他为什么要大费周章,装腔作势。
The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
Charades is a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
She and her three brothers played charades.
她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。
1. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
2. a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
Were they not equally fault for perpetrating a giant charade that bound to end in tears?
难道他们不应该同样对此负责? 他们参与的规模巨大的数字游戏注定酿成泪水和痛苦.
In fact, the whole offer for sale could be seen as a cynical, if necessary, charade.
事实上, 整个竞价过程都可被视为嘲讽的儿戏, 尽管这是必需的.
Why would anyone put up with a charade?
谁要去忍受这种伪装?
I think your charade is all played out.
我想你的哑谜游戏已经被大家看穿了.
I have too much real respect for you as a human being to in that charade.
我太想把你作为一个人来真正尊重,而不是参与这个说谎的游戏.