1、guarantee

确保；使必然发生

Surplus resources alone do not guarantee growth.

仅有富余的资源并不能确保发展。

a man whose fame guarantees that his calls will nearly always be returned.

其名望能确保他的呼吁几乎总能得到回应的人

保证…必定发生；承诺做；答应提供

Most states guarantee the right to free and adequate education.

大多数州都保障人们免费享受充分教育的权利。

All students are guaranteed campus accommodation for their first year.

保证安排所有的学生第一年在校内住宿。

为…提供质量保证；担保

Some builders guarantee their work.

一些建筑公司对其承建工程提供质量保证。

All Dreamland's electric blankets are guaranteed for three years.

所有的梦乡牌电热毯质保3年。

2、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。

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。