falsehood
英['fɔːlshʊd;'fɒls-]
美['fɔlshʊd]
- n. 说谎；假话；不真实；错误的信仰
词态变化
复数: falsehoods;
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.
- 她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. to test the truth or falsehood of her claims
- 检验她陈述的真伪
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The Prime Minister has made a statement closely approximate to a falsehood.
- 首相发表了一项几近谎言的声明.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
- 谎言似荨麻,玩弄会刺手.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He spoke a falsehood.
- 他撒了谎.
来自《简明英汉词典》