
英:/'ʃəˈrɑːd/ 美:/'ʃəˈreɪd/
装模作样
复数:charades
GRE
n. 装模作样,做戏;打哑谜猜字游戏
n. (Charade) (加、法、美)谢拉德(人名)
The businessman was cheating under the charade of doing business.
这个商人打着做生意的幌子招摇撞骗。
I'm fed up with the young man's gentle charade.
我受够了这个年轻人温文尔雅的假样子。
These interesting charades have caught the attention of many young people.
这些有趣的猜字游戏引起了很多年轻人的注意。
Everyone knew who was going to get the job from the start; the interviews were just the charade.
大家从一开始就知道谁会得到这份工作 面试不过是做个样子而已
Their whole marriage had been a charade—they had never loved each other.
他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏—他们从未相爱过。
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
我想知道为什么他做出了那么夸张的假样子。
He led off the first charade.
第一段戏就由他领导演出。
Did you ever play charade before.
你有玩过看手势猜字谜游戏吗。
I think your charade is all played out.
我想你的哑谜游戏已经被大家看穿了。
charade是英语中具有双重含义的词汇,其核心意义可分为以下两个层面:
1. 字谜游戏(历史语义)
起源于18世纪法语词汇"charade",特指一种通过拆分音节或单词进行猜谜的社交游戏。例如将单词"hearse"拆解为"her"(她)和"seas"(海),通过动作或语言提示让对方猜测目标词。这种语言游戏在维多利亚时期的欧洲沙龙文化中盛行,后成为英语国家派对娱乐项目。
2. 虚伪行为(现代引申义)
在当代语境中,charade更常用于描述「明显虚伪的伪装」。例如政客在丑闻后故作镇定的表现,或企业为掩盖问题而进行的表面整改。牛津英语词典指出,该词隐含「参与者心知肚明却刻意维持假象」的讽刺意味。文学作品中,简·奥斯汀在《爱玛》曾用此词揭露社交场合的虚伪做派。
语言学研究表明,词义演变反映了社会对表象与真实矛盾的认知深化。剑桥大学语料库数据显示,自1950年后该词的贬义用法占比超过85%,成为现代英语批判性语境中的高频词汇。
以下是单词charade 的详细解释:
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
(我不明白他为何要精心伪装。)
The children played charades at the party.
(孩子们在聚会上玩猜字谜游戏。)
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