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、forgive

原谅;饶恕;宽恕

Hopefully she'll understand and forgive you, if she really loves you.

如果她真的爱你的话，希望她会理解并原谅你。

She'd find a way to forgive him for the theft of the money.

她会让自己原谅他偷钱的行为的。

情有可原

Looking at the figures, you could be forgiven for thinking the recession is already over.

看看这些数字，难怪你会觉得经济衰退已经结束了。

If the research which enticed them to Britain is removed, they can be forgiven for feeling betrayed.

如果吸引他们来到英国的研究项目被取消了，他们感觉遭到了背叛也是情有可原的。