charade

UK:  [ʃə'rɑːd]

US:  [ʃə'reɪd]

复数：charades  

n.

1.字迷游戏

2.(用诗、画、动作等构成的)哑剧字谜;哑剧字谜的谜底〔一个词或一句话〕

3.〔比喻〕荒谬的借口,几乎不加掩饰的伪装

1 . The story about him having a car was just a charade. He only wants to impress us he uses a bike.
关于那个故事他有辆车那是假象，他只是想要人记住，其实是骑自行车

2 . So all this turned out to be a grand charade -- and politicians are great at charades.
所以超级委员会原来就是一场盛大的躲猫猫，而政客们，是最擅长躲猫猫的。

3 . Nothing short of their removal will bring an end to this almighty charade they have been playing with you one for a very long time.
除非清理他们，才能带来这场强力把戏的终结，这场把戏他们已经与你们玩了很长一段时间。

4 . It seemed that despite faculty's good intentions, these conversations were something of a charade and I questioned the whole endeavour.
尽管教师们怀着良好的意愿，这些讨论却似乎带着虚伪的色彩，我对这套做法产生了怀疑。

5 . Public announcements of such deals are something of a charade.
有关此类交易的公告完全就是在打哑谜。