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🔑 false BrE /fɔːls / NAmE /fɔːls / adjective ➤ not true 不真实 🔑 wrong ; not correct or true ◆ A whale is a fish . True or false ? ◆ Predictions of an early improvement in the housing market proved false . ◆ She gave false information to the insurance company . ◆ He used a false name to get the job . ➤ not natural 非天生 🔑 not natural SYN artificial ◆ false teeth /eyelashes ◆ a false beard artificial synthetic ⬥ false ⬥ man-made ⬥ fake ⬥ imitation These words all describe things that are not real, or not naturally produced or grown. 以上各词均指假的、非天然的、人造的。
artificial made or produced to copy sth natural; not real 指人工的、人造的、假的 ： ◆ artificial flowers 假花 ◆ artificial light 人造光 synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals 指人工合成的 ： ◆ synthetic drugs 合成药物 ◆ shoes with synthetic soles 合成鞋底的鞋 false not natural 指非天然的、非天生的、假的 ： ◆ false teeth 假牙 ◆ a false beard 假胡子 man-made made by people; not natural 指人造的、非天然的 ： ◆ man-made fibres such as nylon 尼龙之类的人造纤维 fake made to look like sth else; not real 指伪造的、冒充的、假的 ： ◆ a fake-fur jacket 一件人造毛皮的短上衣 imitation [ only before noun ] 指仿制的、人造的、假的 ：◆ She would never wear imitation pearls. 她绝不会戴假珍珠。 Patterns artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls ➤ not genuine 伪造 🔑 not genuine , but made to look real to cheat people ◆ a false passport ➤ not sincere 不真诚 of people's behaviour 人的行为 not real or sincere ◆ false modesty ◆ She flashed him a false smile of congratulation . ➤ wrong /mistaken 错误 🔑 [ usually before noun ] wrong or mistaken , because it is based on sth that is not true or correct ◆ a false argument /assumption /belief ◆ to give a false impression of wealth ◆ to lull sb into a false sense of security (= make sb feel safe when they are really in danger ◆ They didn't want to raise any false hopes , but they believed her husband had escaped capture . ◆ Buying a cheap computer is a false economy (= will not actually save you money . ➤ not faithful 不忠实 (literary (of people 人 not faithful ◆ a false lover ▸ false·ly BrE /ˈfɔːlsli / NAmE /ˈfɔːlsli / adverb ◆ to be falsely accused of sth ◆ She smiled falsely at his joke . ● by /under /on false preˈtences by pretending to be sth that you are not , in order to gain some advantage for yourself ◆ She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences . ● ring ˈtrue /ˈhollow /ˈfalse to give the impression of being sincere /true or not sincere /true ◆ It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me .
