pretend的用法和固定搭配及例句，現梳理如下：
1.pretend v. 假裝，佯裝
1）可單獨使用，不後接賓語
She is tired of pretending.
她厭倦了假裝。
She looked like a nice person but she was just pretending.
她看起來像是不錯的人，但她是裝出來的。
2）pretend (not) to do sth. 假裝（沒）做某事
He pretended to be my friend.
他假裝是我的朋友。
She pretended to be asleep.
她假裝睡著了。
I pretended not to notice him.
我假裝沒註意到他。
3）pretend (that) +句子
I can’t pretend that nothing happened.
我不能假裝什麽都沒有發生。
Mike pretended that he was very angry.
麥克假裝非常生氣。
2.pretend也可用於表示在表演時假裝某個角色
Pretend that I’m your best friend. What would you say?
假裝我是妳的最好的朋友。妳會說什麽。
The children pretended to be princesses.
孩子們假裝是公主。
註意是pretend to do sth. 不是pretend doing sth.