specious

英 [ˈspiːʃəs]

美 [ˈspiːʃəs]

adj.  似是而非的; 貌似有理的

GRE

BNC.23870 / COCA.23653

牛津词典

adj.

• 似是而非的；貌似有理的
  seeming right or true but actually wrong or false
  1. a specious argument
     似是而非的论点

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 似是而非的;貌似真实的
  Something that isspeciousseems to exist or be true, but is not real or true.
  1. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
     公爵不太可能相信这种似是而非的论点。

英英释义

adj

• based on pretense
  1. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  2. meretricious praise
  3. a meretricious argument
  Synonym:gildedmeretricious
• plausible but false
  1. a specious claim
  2. spurious inferences
  Synonym:spurious

双语例句

• Such talk, however plausible, is actually specious and groundless.
  这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。
• Such talk is actually specious and groundless.
  这些话实际上毫无根据，似是而非的。
• Ralph had been deceived by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool.
  拉尔夫被那海滩水潭看上去很深的假象所蒙蔽。
• He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen must live as the world lives.
  他用似是而非的遁词为他的教义作辩护，说政治家必须象世人那样活著。
• If its a specious claim, it's harassment.
  如果这只是表明现象，是折磨。
• Niko: Every room is very specious and comfortable.
  妮可：每个房间都是这样的宽敞和舒适。
• Its argument that China does not yet meet specified market-economy criteria is specious.
  它声称中国尚未符合特定的市场经济标准的说法似是而非。
• Second, the debt was never authorised by the Venezuelan parliament due to the specious argument that it was not debt, but finance, because it was not to be paid in dollars but in oil.
  第二，这些债务从未获得委内瑞拉议会的授权，原因是一个似是而非的观点&因为这些钱不是用美元偿还而是用石油，所以这并非债务而是融资。
• Every position has been successfully undermined and abandoned on specious and plausible excuses.
  我提出的每一个立场都被他们成功地以似是而非的借口破坏和推翻。
• Sam is a specious fellow and carries two faces under on hood. Some shop owners say they will treat consumers as God but it's not true.
  萨姆是个伪君子，口是心非。有些店主说他们会将消费者视为上帝，但实际上只是口是心非。