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。
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、drastically
(行为)严厉的,极端的
Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession.
行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。
He's not going to do anything drastic about economic policy.
他不打算对经济政策作任何重大调整。
(变化)激烈的,巨大的
Elderly people are not in a position to make drastic changes at this stage of their life.
上了年纪的人在他们这个人生阶段不会再有什么实质性的改变。
a drastic reduction in the numbers of people dying.
死亡人数的大幅下降