phoney
phoney — 形容詞
1. made up or copied so that it looks real, or showing feelings that are not truly
假的；虛偽的
不真實或不誠懇、意在騙人的
made up or copied so that it looks real, or showing feelings that are not truly felt, so that other people are fooled.
The police found a phoney passport hidden inside Hari's suitcase.
警方在 Hari 的行李箱裡發現一本假護照。
attributive: phoney + noun (phoney passport)
Yael knew the salesman's friendly smile was phoney because his eyes stayed cold.
Yael 看出推銷員那副親切的笑容很虛偽，因為他的眼神一直很冷淡。
after be: describing feelings that are not real
Someone using a phoney name sent Kemi an email asking for bank details.
有人用假名寄了一封電子郵件給 Kemi，要求提供銀行資料。
The phoney charity took money from many families and gave nothing to children.
那間假慈善機構向許多家庭收錢，卻沒給孩子任何東西。
Minho laughed at the phoney accent his coworker used to impress the guests.
Minho 笑他的同事為了討好客人而裝出來的假口音。
- phoney passport
- phoney name
- phoney smile
- phoney accent
- counterfeit
describes a copy of something such as money or a document
- sham
describes something made to look real or sincere when it is not
- false
the widest word; says only that something is not true or real
- genuine
real and sincere
文法句型
phoney + noun
be + phoney
常見錯誤
phoney — 名詞
- phoneysingular
- phoneysplural
1. a person who pretends to be honest, kind, or skilled but is really not like that
冒牌；偽君子
假裝誠實或有能力、實則不然的人
a person who pretends to be honest, kind, or skilled but is really not like that.
Camille called the speaker a phoney after learning he had never finished school.
Camille 得知那位講者根本沒讀完學校後，就說他是個冒牌貨。
call + someone + a phoney
Everyone at the club knew Liang was a phoney who only pretended to love golf.
俱樂部裡人人都知道 Liang 是個冒牌貨，只是假裝喜歡打高爾夫球。
a phoney who + verb
Don't trust a phoney who smiles at you and then lies behind your back.
別相信那種偽君子，他當面對你笑，轉身就在背後說謊。
The reporter showed that the famous healer was just a phoney.
記者證明那位有名的治療師其實只是個冒牌貨。
Lien thought the man running for mayor was a phoney who said whatever people wanted.
Lien 認為那位競選市長的人是個偽君子，別人想聽什麼他就說什麼。
- expose a phoney
- a complete phoney
文法句型
a phoney who + verb
常見錯誤
同根字
- phoniness名詞C2