falsehood
英 ['f??lsh?d; 'f?ls-]
美['f?lsh?d]
- n. 說謊；假話；不真實；錯誤的信仰
CET6TEM4GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?falsehoods;
英文詞源
- falsehood (n.)
- c. 1300, falshede, "deceitfulness," also "a lie; that which is false," from false + -hood. Formed on the same pattern are Old Frisian falschede, Dutch valschheid, German Falschheit, Swedish falskhet. Former noun forms in English, now extinct, included falsage "wrongdoing" (late 15c.), falsdom "deceitfulness, treachery; a lie" (c. 1300), fals-lek "falsehood" (early 14c.), falsshipe "deceitfulness, dishonesty" (c. 1200).
雙語例句
- 1. She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.
- 她將這一判決稱為真理對謬誤的勝利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. to test the truth or falsehood of her claims
- 檢驗她陳述的真?zhèn)?/dd>
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The Prime Minister has made a statement closely approximate to a falsehood.
- 首相發(fā)表了一項幾近謊言的聲明.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
- 謊言似蕁麻,玩弄會刺手.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He spoke a falsehood.
- 他撒了謊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》