falsification

/ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · [fˌælsəfəkˈeʃən] /ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ (ame, ipa)

falsification — 名詞

1. the dishonest altering of records, documents, or other information so that other

1.名詞C1
釋義

竄改；偽造

為欺騙他人而竄改資料

the dishonest altering of records, documents, or other information so that other people are misled about what is true.

例句

Auditors uncovered falsification of sales records at Gabriel's electronics company.

稽核人員在 Gabriel 的電子公司查出銷售紀錄遭到竄改。

falsification of + business records

The court heard evidence of falsification in the hospital's drug reports.

法院聽取了醫院藥品報告遭竄改的證據。

evidence of falsification in legal context

同義詞
  • forgery

    narrower; often used for signatures, certificates, artworks, or official documents

  • tampering

    broader; can involve interfering with something physical and is not always about written records

  • doctoring

    more informal; often used for altering figures, images, or test results

反義詞
  • verification

    checking that information is true or accurate rather than altering it

  • authentication

    proving that a document, object, or identity is genuine

文法句型

falsification of [records/data/reports]

evidence of falsification

investigate falsification

用法筆記

Usually appears in formal, legal, scientific, or workplace investigations and most often takes of + the thing that was altered. The noun often names the dishonest practice as a whole, while falsify is the usual verb for doing it.

常見錯誤

❌The file had many falsification.
✅The file showed many falsifications.
💡use the plural when you mean several separate altered items or acts, not the practice in general.
❌He did a falsification on the date.
✅He falsified the date.
💡English normally uses the verb falsify for the action done by a person.