playact /ˈpleiːækt/ (playacting,playacted,playacts)

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  V-I（不及物动词） If someone is playacting, they are pretending to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have. 假装; 装腔作势 [usu cont]

  例：

  The "victim" revealed he was only playacting.

  该“受害者”透露他只是在装腔作势。