counterfeit
/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkaʊntərfɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌfit/ (ame, mw) · /ˈkaʊn.tə.fɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.fɪt/ (ame, ipa)
counterfeit — adjective
- counterfeitpositive
- more counterfeitcomparative
- most counterfeitsuperlative
1. describing an object that has been carefully copied so it appears to be the real
describing an object that has been carefully copied so it appears to be the real, valuable item, but is meant to cheat or break the law — typical things called this are money, designer bags, passports, and medicines.
The cashier spotted a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill in the till after closing.
counterfeit + currency noun (most frequent collocation)
Border officers seized hundreds of counterfeit handbags hidden inside a fish truck at the port.
counterfeit + luxury-goods noun in a customs scene
Ayana realised her late grandmother's gold coins were counterfeit when the jeweller weighed them.
Counterfeit malaria pills sold in the market made the children much sicker than before.
Valentina was arrested at the airport for travelling on a counterfeit passport.
文法句型
counterfeit + noun (money, goods, passport)
用法筆記
Almost always sits directly before the noun (counterfeit money / bag / drug); only goes after 'be' when the speaker is reporting a discovery, as in 'these notes are counterfeit'. Subject of the noun is usually money, designer goods, official documents, or medicine.
常見錯誤
counterfeit — noun
- counterfeitsingular
- counterfeitsplural
1. an item — usually money, a designer product, a document, or a medicine — that ha
an item — usually money, a designer product, a document, or a medicine — that has been copied to pass as the real one, made so that buyers or officials are deceived.
Bank tellers train for a week to tell a real note from a counterfeit.
a counterfeit (countable noun, contrast with 'real')
Inspectors found that one in every ten handbags in the warehouse was a counterfeit.
be a counterfeit + ratio context
William paid two hundred dollars for a watch that turned out to be a counterfeit.
Police destroyed thousands of counterfeits seized from a printing press in the warehouse district.
Jisoo could not tell the counterfeit from her mother's original Rolex without a magnifying glass.
- original
the genuine item that the counterfeit copies
文法句型
a counterfeit of [the original]
spot / detect / pass a counterfeit
用法筆記
Countable: 'a counterfeit', 'two counterfeits'. Subject or object is typically money, branded goods, documents, or artworks. Often paired with a verb of detection or destruction ('spot', 'detect', 'seize', 'destroy a counterfeit').
常見錯誤
counterfeit — verb
- counterfeitpresent simple I / you / we / they
- counterfeits3rd person singular
- counterfeiting-ing form
- counterfeitedpast simple
1. to produce a careful copy of something valuable — most often money, official doc
to produce a careful copy of something valuable — most often money, official documents, or branded products — and pass the copy off as the real thing so that buyers, banks, or officials are tricked.
The gang counterfeited fifty-euro notes in a basement printing press for over a year.
counterfeit + currency (most typical object)
Élise was charged with counterfeiting designer perfume bottles in her small workshop.
counterfeiting (gerund) + branded-goods object
It is a federal crime to counterfeit United States dollars anywhere in the world.
Beatrix learned to counterfeit her father's signature so well that the bank cashed the cheques.
Factories in three countries were caught counterfeiting cancer medicines and selling them to clinics.
文法句型
counterfeit + noun (money, goods, signature)
用法筆記
Almost always transitive — you counterfeit something specific (money, a passport, a signature, a drug). Subject is typically a criminal, a gang, or a factory. Often appears in legal or news writing; in casual speech, English speakers usually say 'make fake X' instead.