phoney
英 [ˈfəʊni]
美 [ˈfoʊni]
adj. 假的; 冒充的; 欺骗的
n. 不诚实的人; 冒充的人(或东西); 冒牌货
复数:phoneys
Collins.1 / BNC.15243 / COCA.35932
牛津词典
adj.
- 假的;冒充的;欺骗的
not real or true; false, and trying to trick people- She spoke with a phoney Russian accent.
她用一种伪装的俄国腔调说话。
- She spoke with a phoney Russian accent.
noun
- 不诚实的人;冒充的人(或东西);冒牌货
a person who is not honest or sincere; a thing that is not real or true
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 伪造的;假的
If you describe something asphoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine.- He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...
他找了某个她根本不会相信的借口给她打电话。 - He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney...
他并没有真的长胡子,那是假的。 - He used a phoney accent.
他的口音是装出来的。
- He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...
- ADJ-GRADED 虚伪的;做作的
If you say that someone isphoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people.- He looks totally phoney to me.
在我看来,他非常虚伪。 - ...phoney 'experts'.
伪专家 - Phoneyis also a noun.
- 'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.
“他是冒充的,是个骗子,”哈里咕哝道。
- He looks totally phoney to me.
英英释义
noun
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
adj
双语例句
- He used a phoney accent.
他的口音是装出来的。 - There is a chance that the phoney war of the past three months will turn into real fighting.
过去3个月的虚张声势有可能演变成真正的战争。 - After a while he discovered that the media company was phoney; he found greater satisfaction with a can of polish and a brush.
不久他发现这家媒体公司是个骗子;而他在鞋油和鞋刷中找到了更大的满足感。 - Don't give me any phoney excuse.
不要找个理由来搪塞我。 - Not a phoney one, she insists, but authentic and compelling.
她坚称,这不是一个骗人的东西,而是值得信赖、引人注目的品牌。 - You're just worried this phoney's making the moves on your dream girl.
你只是担心这个冒牌货会钓你的梦中情人。 - They work by lowering your guard with the phoney fraud alert.
他们通过降低你对骗子诈骗警告的警惕而成功。 - The story sounds phoney to me.
我觉得这件事听起来有假。 - The company had a phoney Latin name which inspired no confidence.
这家公司有一个假的拉丁文名字,但这并没有激起人们的信任。 - I don't see why you have to put on a phoney English accent.
我不明白你为什么说起话来非得装模作样地带上英国口音。