fibs

英 [fɪbz]

美 [fɪbz]

n.  谎言; (无关紧要的)小谎，瞎话
v.  撒谎; 说瞎话
fib的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小谎;无伤大雅的谎话
  Afibis a small, unimportant lie.
  1. She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
     她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• VERB 说谎;撒谎;说假话
  If someoneis fibbing, they are telling lies.
  1. He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.
     当我指责他说谎时，他大笑起来。

双语例句

• Even little fibs can be perilous to careers.
  即使一点点小谎也对工作有害。
• Scholars, both Chinese and Western, say that fraud remains rampant and misconduct ranges from falsified data to fibs about degrees, cheating on tests and extensive plagiarism.
  中国和西方的学者都认为，国内的欺骗依然泛滥：从数据造假到学历撒谎，从考试作弊到大量剽窃，不正当的学术行为影响广泛。
• Mary didn't like it when the other girls said she was proud and lazy, but when they said she told fibs it was the last straw that broke the camel's back and she told the teacher.
  玛丽不喜欢别的女孩子们说她又骄又懒，所以当她们说她撒小谎时，她再也忍受不住了，就告诉了老师。
• I asked hundreds of them about the little fibs they tell their wives or significant others.
  我问过几百个男人有关他们向老婆或者热恋中的另一半扯过的谎。
• Clearly either Waddell or Carmichael was telling fibs.
  显而易见，不是沃德尔就是卡迈克尔在撒谎。
• Fibs can help us protect a loved one, as Sadie Alexander of Paris, Texas, can attest.
  正如德克萨斯州巴黎的塞迪·亚历山大（SadieAlexander）可以证实的那样，一点小谎还能帮助我们保护爱人。
• He is a person who tells fiBs.
  他是个撒小谎的人。
• But it's men who tell the most fibs, coming out with five every day compared with women who lie just three times.
  但（调查发现，）男性更爱说谎&他们平均每天会说谎五次，而女性仅为三次。
• Liars keep their feet unnaturally still to try to distract people away from their fibs.
  说谎的人会很不自然地保持双脚不动，以将人们的注意力从他们的谎话上转移开。
• Are passengers really in danger from such fibs?
  乘客们会不会因为这样的小谎言而真有危险呢？