spurious
adjective /ˈspjʊəriəs/
/ˈspjʊriəs/
- false, although seeming to be real or true
虚假的；伪造的 - He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
他设法制造出一种彻头彻尾的假象，让人误以为公司一派兴旺。
- He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
- based on false ideas or ways of thinking
建立在错误的观念（或思想方法）之上的；谬误的 - a spurious argument
谬误的论据
- a spurious argument
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘born out of wedlock’): from Latin spurius ‘false’ + -ous.