charade
n. 易識破的偽裝; 看手勢猜字謎遊戲; 啞劇字謎
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,他為什麼要大費周章,裝腔作勢。
The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
聯合國眼下還在努力擺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個兄弟玩看手勢猜字謎。
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?
難道他們不應該同樣對此負責? 他們參與的規模巨大的數字遊戲註定釀成淚水和痛苦.
In fact, the whole offer for sale could be seen as a cynical, if necessary, charade.
事實上, 整個競價過程都可被視為嘲諷的兒戲, 儘管這是必需的.
Why would anyone put up with a charade?
誰要去忍受這種偽裝?
I think your charade is all played out.
我想你的啞謎遊戲已經被大家看穿了.
I have too much real respect for you as a human being to in that charade.
我太想把你作為一個人來真正尊重,而不是參與這個說謊的遊戲.