a false show or pretence
伪装,假装;欺骗
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he had unwillingly gone along with the masquerade .他很不情愿地参与了骗局。
 
[mass noun]the wearing of disguise
化装
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dressing up, role playing, and masquerade .乔装打扮,角色扮演和化装。
 
a masked ball
假面舞会。
pretend to be someone one is not
假装,假扮
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a journalist masquerading as a man in distress .一个假扮成穷困潦倒者的记者。
 
be disguised or passed off as something else
冒充
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the idle gossip that masquerades as news in some local papers .地方报中冒充成新闻的闲言碎语。
 
"late 16th cent.:   from French 
