1、Pretend

假装；伪装；装作

I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.

当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。

Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。

（做游戏等时）假装，假扮，装扮

She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain.

她可以晒晒太阳，假装自己是在西班牙。

The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.

孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。

自诩；自称；自以为

We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.

我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

2、escape

逃离;逃脱

A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England.

一名囚犯从英格兰北部的一所监狱中越狱。

They are reported to have escaped to the other side of the border.

有报道称他们已经逃过了国境线。

躲过;逃脱;幸免

The two officers were extremely lucky to escape serious injury.

那两名警官极其幸运，没有受重伤。

The man's girlfriend managed to escape unhurt.

那个男人的女朋友成功逃脱，毫发无损。

脱身之术;逃避的方法

But for me television is an escape.

但是对我而言，看电视是一种逃避的方法。

an escape from the depressing realities of wartime.

对于战时令人抑郁的现实生活的一种逃避

3、invite

邀请

She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey.

她邀请他去参加她在新泽西举行的 26 岁生日聚会。

I invited her in for a coffee.

我请她进来喝杯咖啡。

(正式)邀请，请求，要求

At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out.

在将来的某天,经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。

The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down.

将会向有关人员私下出示该证据,并要求其暂时离开证人席。

招致;诱发;引发

I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble.

我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。

Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。