Their whole marriage had been a charade─they had never loved each other.
他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏，他们从未相爱过。
Let's play charades.
咱们来玩打哑谜猜字游戏吧。
1.(用诗,画,动作等构成的)哑剧字谜;哑剧字谜的谜底
2.〈比喻〉荒谬的借口,几乎不加掩饰的伪装
1.an attempt to pretend that a situation is good or satisfactory, when in fact it is not
1.How much longer must we sustain this charade?
我们还要忍受多久这种无聊的游戏？
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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
6.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。
7.The truth is that designating new features as "experimental" and announcing them only on a blog is just a charade, a marketing gimmick.
事实上，把新的特色产品指定为“试验版”并只在博客上宣布仅仅是一种伪装、一种行销伎俩。
8.Many people believe that without God, life becomes a meaningless charade, traced out briefly on the surface of an insignificant planet.
许多人觉得，没有上帝，生活便成为毫无意义的字谜游戏，在一个微不足道的星球表面上转瞬即逝。
9.Tell your President to leave our countries alone and stop the charade of peace talks.
告诉你们的总统不要干涉我们的国家，停止这种虚伪的和平谈判的把戏。
10.He began composing himself for the guards, then realized that no such charade was necessary.
他正准备为应付卫兵编托辞，随后又认识到这种花招已经没有意义了。