| 单词 | false |
| 释义 | falsefalserfalsestfalsefalse /fɔːls $ fɒːls/ adjective1untrue or wrong: He made false accusations.makeaccusation他提出了不实的指控。Are these statements true or false?bestatement这些说法是对还是错？The programme gave a false impression of the situation there.give这档节目让人对那里的局势产生错误印象。THESAURUS wrong2not real, but intended to seem real: He adopted a false identity.adopt他用了假身份。false teeth/eyelashesTHESAURUS artificial3not sincere or honest: a false laugh假笑—falselyfalsely adverb: I was falsely accused.beaccuse我遭人诬告。Phrasesfalse alarm a situation in which people wrongly think that something bad is going to happen: The recent earthquake predictions were false alarms.predictionbealarm最近的地震预测都是假警报。false economy something that is intended to save money but in fact costs more: It’s a false economy not to buy insurance.不买保险只是表面节约。false start an unsuccessful attempt to begin a process or event: After two false starts, the race began.startbegin两次起跑犯规后﹐比赛终于开始了。under false pretences if you get something under false pretences, you get it by deceiving people: He obtained the money under false pretences.obtainpretence他以欺诈的手段获得了这笔钱。THESAURUS: falsefalse not real – used especially about teeth, eyelashes etc. Also used about a name, address etc that someone uses to deceive people: She was wearing false eyelashes.beweareyelashThe man used a false name.usefake not real, and intended to deceive people. Fake sounds more informal than false: a fake £20 notea fake IDa fake Cartier watcha fake fur coatforged a forged document or bank note is an illegal copy of a real one: a forged passportforgea forged £50 noteforgecounterfeit counterfeit money or goods are an illegal copy of the real thing: He was arrested for trying to exchange counterfeit money.bearresttrycounterfeit drugsdrugimitation imitation leather, fur etc is made to look like leather, fur etc, but is not real: They’re only imitation diamonds.diamondan imitation leather jacketphoney, phony disapproving informal not real, and intended to deceive people: She spoke with a phoney New York accent.speakphony qualificationsqualification |
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