If a shop assistant told him she had not heard of it, he would pretend to be considerably put out.
要是女售貨員告訴他從未聽說過這些東西，他會裝出十分遺憾和不安的樣子。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 52 Mud is mud
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 助手，助理;[化學]（染色的）助劑;輔助物;店員，伙計;
adj. 助理的;輔助的;有幫助的;副的;
?? assist援助+ant名詞后綴→幫助之人 →助手，助理
"My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action."
現在我的助手將演示機器運轉情況。
近義：helper, inferior, manager, assister, attache, attendant
反義：head, headman, honcho, leader, manager, owner
vt. 假裝，偽裝;假稱;裝扮;
vi. 扮演;自稱;假裝，矯作;
adj. 仿制的;
?? pre提前+tend延伸→提前伸出想好借口 → 假裝，借口
"So you don't need to pretend, do you?"
所以你不必裝假了, 對 吧 ?
近義：purport, represent, sham, simulate, dissemble, fake
n. 商店;工廠;辦事處;購物;
vt.& vi. （到…）去買東西[購物];逛商店;
vt. 購物;買東西;
"The shop bell jangled loudly."
商店的鐘發(fā)出丁零當啷的巨大響聲。
近義：buy, premises, bazaar, shoppe, store, entrepot
反義：huckster, retail
adv. 相當，非常，頗;
"The need for sleep varies considerably from person to person."
不同的人對睡眠的需要差異相當大。
近義：long, moderately, pretty, quite, rather, substantially
v. 表明( tell的過去式和過去分詞 );講;知道;講述;
"In a weak moment, I told him the truth."
我一時心軟, 告訴了他真相.