charade

英 [ʃəˈrɑːd]

美 [ʃəˈreɪd]

n. 明显的伪装; 做戏; 装模作样; 打哑谜猜字游戏

Collins.1 / BNC.18799 / COCA.18388

牛津词典

noun

明显的伪装；做戏；装模作样
a situation in which people pretend that sth is true when it clearly is not
1. 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。
打哑谜猜字游戏
a game in which one player acts out the syllables of a word or title and the other players try to guess what it is
1. Let's play charades.
  咱们来玩打哑谜猜字游戏吧。

N-COUNT 明显的做作;一眼看穿的伪装
If you describe someone's actions as acharade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
1. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...
  我不明白，他为什么要大费周章，装腔作势。
2. The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
  联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
N-UNCOUNT 看手势猜字谜游戏
Charadesis a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
1. She and her three brothers played charades.
  她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。

noun

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Synonym:parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquetravestypasquinadeput-on

We know now that this is a charade.
我们现在知道，这一切只是假象。
We can stop this charade and run away together.
我们能不管他们在一起快活。
Everyone knew who was going to get the job from the start& the interviews were just a charade.
每个人都一开始就知道谁会得到那份工作&面试只是做个样子罢了。
They would have never gone through this whole charade in the first place.
他们不会首先问询这件事的。
He has no clue Shanghai was a charade.
他完全不知道上海只是一个幌子。
They had been carrying out a charade of negotiations with the government.
他们装模作样地在和政府进行谈判。
This mad charade is coming to an end.
这个疯狂的游戏就要结束了。
Forgive us for this charade.
原谅我们的这出把戏。
Just how long do you think we can keep that charade up?
你认为那样的游戏能持续多久？
The movement is an elaborate charade, which is too inconsistent and impractical to succeed.
这场行动是一个精心策划的装模作样之举，太过矛盾和不切实际而难以成功。