false
adjective /fɔːls/
/fɔːls/
Idioms - wrong; not correct or true
错误的；不正确的；不真实的 - A whale is a fish. True or false?
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？ - Predictions of an early improvement in the housing market proved false.
认为房屋市场很快就好转的预测结果证明是错误的。 - She gave false information to the insurance company.
她向保险公司提供了不真实的资料。 - He used a false name to get the job.
他用假名得到了这份工作。 - His career was ruined by false accusations.
他的事业被虚假的指控毁了。 - The allegations are completely false.
这些指控完全是假的。 - This claim is simply false.
这一说法是完全错误的。 - The law can punish knowingly false statements.
这项法律可对故意作出的虚假陈述施加惩罚。
- Lagos is the capital of Nigeria. True or false?
拉各斯是尼日利亚的首都，对还是错？ - The gossip about her later proved to be entirely false.
后来证明有关她的传言都是假的。 - Their claim was patently false.
他们说的显然是不实之词。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- prove
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- entirely
- …
- true or false
- A whale is a fish. True or false?
- not natural
非天生的；人造的；假的 - false teeth/eyelashes
假牙；假睫毛 - a false beard
假胡子
- false teeth/eyelashes
- not real or what somebody claims it is, but made to look real to cheat people
假的；伪造的 - He had been travelling with a false passport.
他一直用假护照旅行。 - The case had a false bottom where documents or even a small radio could be hidden.
那箱子有个假底，里面能够藏文件，甚至藏个小收音机。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- prove
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- entirely
- …
- true or false
- He had been travelling with a false passport.
- [usually before noun] wrong or not accurate, because it is based on something that is not true or correct
错误的 - a false argument/assumption/belief
错误的论据／假设／信念 - to give a false impression of wealth
给人以富有的错觉 - to lull somebody into a false sense of security (= make somebody feel safe when they are really in danger)
哄某人产生虚假的安全感 - They didn't want to raise any false hopes, but they believed her husband had escaped capture.
他们并不想让人心存奢望，但是他们相信她的丈夫已逃脱追捕。 - Buying a cheap computer is a false economy (= will not actually save you money).
买廉价计算机看似省钱，但其实并不划算。 - If you don't do the test right, it can lead to false positives.
如果测试做得不对，会导致误报。
- We had been lulled into a false sense of security.
我们受到麻痹，产生了虚假的安全感。 - The couple had given the false impression of a blissfully happy marriage.
这对夫妇给人一种幸福婚姻的假象。 - His argument is based on the false assumption that all women want children.
他的论点是基于所有女人都想要孩子的错误假设。 - I don't want to raise any false hopes, but I think he's still alive.
我并不想让人心存奢望，但是我相信他还活着。 - Those who were thought to hold false beliefs were persecuted.
那些被认为持有错误信仰的人受到了迫害。
- a false argument/assumption/belief
- (of people’s behaviour
人的行为 表里不一的；不真诚的 - false modesty
假谦虚 - She flashed him a false smile of congratulation.
她向他虚情假意地微微一笑表示祝贺。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2- Helen's voice sounded slightly false.
海伦的声音听上去稍有些造作。 - She managed a horribly false smile.
她挤出一脸的假笑。 - She gave a tinkly little laugh, which sounded horribly false even to her own ears.
她发出银铃般的轻笑，连她自己听着都觉得假极了。 - Come on—this is no time for false modesty.
快点！这不是假谦虚的时候。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- ring
- sound
- …
- very
- slightly
- false modesty
- (literary) (of people
人 不忠实的；不忠诚的 - a false lover
不忠诚的情人
- a false lover
not true不真实
not natural非天生
not real
wrong/not accurate
not sincere不真诚
not faithful不忠实
词源Old English fals ‘fraud, deceit’, from Latin falsum ‘fraud’, neuter past participle of fallere ‘deceive’; reinforced or re-formed in Middle English from Old French fals, faus ‘false’.
Idioms
by/under/on false pretences
- by pretending to be something that you are not, in order to gain some advantage for yourself
靠欺诈手段；以虚假的借口 - She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.
她被控诈骗钱财。
- She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.
Synonyms artificialartificial
- synthetic
- false
- man-made
- fake
- imitation
- artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:
- artificial flowers
假花 - artificial light
人造光
- artificial flowers
- synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals:
- synthetic drugs
合成药物 - shoes with synthetic soles
合成鞋底的鞋
- synthetic drugs
- false not natural:
- false teeth
假牙 - a false beard
假胡子
- false teeth
- man-made made by people; not natural:
- man-made fibres such as nylon
尼龙之类的人造纤维
- man-made fibres such as nylon
- fake made to look like something else; not real:
- a fake-fur jacket
一件人造毛皮的短上衣
- a fake-fur jacket
- imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real:
- She would never wear imitation pearls.
她绝不会戴假珍珠。
- She would never wear imitation pearls.
- artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products
- artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather
- artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls
ring true/hollow/false
- to give the impression of being sincere/true or not sincere/true
给人以真实（或空洞、虚假）的印象 - It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me.
这个故事也许显得离奇，但我却觉得很真实。 - His expressions of support rang rather hollow.
他支持的表情听起来相当空洞。 - His promise rang hollow.
他的诺言听起来很空洞。
- It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me.