masquerade

1. V-I To masquerade as someone or something means to pretend to be that person or thing, particularly in order to deceive other people. 冒充

He masqueraded as a doctor and fooled everyone. 他冒充醫(yī)生，騙過(guò)了每一個(gè)人。

2. N-COUNT A masquerade is an attempt to deceive people about the true nature or identity of something. 偽裝

He told a news conference that the elections would be a masquerade. 他在記者招待會(huì)上說(shuō)選舉將是騙人的把戲。