What does all mean? Are the Lakers contenders, pretenders or something in between?

Pretenders: live their lives.

篡位者们,随他们怎么去生活吧.

He's up to his old tricks again — he's been getting money from people by pretending to be blind.

他又耍老花招了——他一直靠装扮成盲人从人们手里骗取钱财.

The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.

船长在船尾，假装睡着了。

What do you mean -- not understand? You're just pretending.

什么不懂! 装糊涂就是了.

She hasn't been quite so unlucky as she pretends.

她并不很像她所装做的那样倒运.

Mary is not smart. but she always pretends she knows everything.

玛莉不聪明.但是她总是假装她知道一切.

True , everybody pretends that real life actually goes on.

人们倒是都装出现实生活仍在照常继续的样子.

He pretends to be very tough, but he's a man at bottom.

他装出一副凶相, 实际上是个好心肠的人.

John only pretends to do his share of the work; he's just not playing the game.

约翰只是装成做他那份工作, 实际上并不真心好好干.

She pretends to like you, but talks about you behind your back.

她伪称喜欢你, 但在背后批评你.

There was not even a pretense of a free press, freedom of assembly or free speech.

甚至连表面的出版自由、集会自由和言论自由都没有.

The satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.

讽刺文学对人类的各种虚伪行为进行了精妙的嘲讽.

U.S. policymakers longer make any pretense that the country's fiscal situation is anything but troubling.

美国决策者再也不能给国家令人不安的财政状况找借口了.

The window was open and I faced making a pretense of studying the landscape.

车窗是开着的,我面朝窗外,假装欣赏风景.

The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.

虚构作品或捏造借口的行为.

I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pretense.

我小心翼翼地跟你谈话, 你用坦荡和真诚作答.

I have [ make ] no pretense to genius.

我不自命为天才.

You can't keep up the pretense any longer.

你无法继续伪装下去了.

The house was decorated without any pretense of showiness.

这房子的装饰一点不带显眼的虚饰.

They gave up the pretense of dancing, and her arms went around his neck.

他们放弃了假装跳舞, 她双臂抱住他的脖子.