You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
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
adj. 嚴肅的，嚴重的;認真的，莊重的;重要的;危險的;
?? 射(se)日(ri)用藉絲(ous) 嚴肅的問題
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了這次欺詐案，在她的品格上留下了一個很大的污點。
近義：reliable, responsible, sedate, staid, trustworthy, trusty
反義：undependable, untrustworthy, feckless, slight, trifling, unimportant
adj. 詼諧的;機智的;會說俏皮話的;聰明的;
"He scored a bull's - eye in their argument with that witty retort."
在他們的辯論中他那一句機智的反駁擊中了要害.
近義：humorous, imaginative, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, nifty
反義：humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal