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Make-believe is the game of pretending. Children do it all the time: this sofa is a boat, this stick is a sword, we are kings until dinner.
Make-believe is the game of pretending Make-believe是一種假裝的遊戲。Children do it all the time小孩子一天到晚都在玩：this sofa is a boat這張沙發是一艘船，this stick is a sword這根棍子是一把劍，we are kings until dinner我們是國王，直到吃晚飯為止。
As a noun, it is that pretending itself — the made-up world. As an adjective, a make-believe friend is one you have imagined; a make-believe story is one that is not true.
As a noun當名詞用時，it is that pretending itself它指的就是那個假裝本身——the made-up world那個編出來的世界。As an adjective當形容詞用時，a make-believe friend is one you have imagined一個make-believe朋友是你想像出來的；a make-believe story is one that is not true一個make-believe故事是不是真的那種。
Adults use it too, sometimes kindly (“it’s only make-believe”) and sometimes to push something away (“that promise was make-believe” — it was never real). It comes straight from the verb phrase make believe, “to pretend.” The marks the noun and the adjective; the verb is still make believe, two words.
Adults use it too大人也會用它，sometimes kindly有時候是善意的（"it's only make-believe"「這只是make-believe（假裝的）」），and sometimes to push something away有時候是想推開某件事（"that promise was make-believe" — it was never real「那個承諾根本是make-believe」，從來就不是真的）。It comes straight from the verb phrase make believe它直接來自動詞片語make believe，"to pretend."意思是「假裝」。The hyphen marks the noun and the adjective連字號標示出名詞和形容詞的用法；the verb is still make believe, two words動詞還是分開寫成make believe兩個字。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
make-believenoun/ˈmeɪk bəˌliːv/
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The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
- Come on, come on, I go up and down / I like this curious feeling / I know, I see, it's like make believe / Cover your ears so you can hear what I'm saying
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The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are.
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Something imaginary.
- ‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Marjorie Lindon, to even think such nonsense. Are you all nerves and morbid imaginings,—you who have prided yourself on being so strong-minded! A pretty sort you are to do battle for anyone.—Why, they’re only make-believes!’
make-believeadj/ˈmeɪk bəˌliːv/
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Imaginary; not real; pretend.
- He called himself Lord So-and-So, even had his family crest on the wall, but it was all totally make-believe.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。