英语词汇“specious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spe·cious

(spēshəs)

adj.

1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.

2. Deceptively appealing: "It is easy enough to give the old idea [of programmatic music] a specious air of modernity" (Aaron Copland).

[Middle English, attractive, from Latin speciōsus, from speciēs, appearance; see spek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

specious·ly adv.

spe′ci·osi·ty (-shē-ŏsĭ-tē), specious·ness (-shəs-nĭs) n.

单词	specious
释义	spe·cious (spēshəs) adj. 1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument. 2. Deceptively appealing: "It is easy enough to give the old idea [of programmatic music] a specious air of modernity" (Aaron Copland). [Middle English, attractive, from Latin speciōsus, from speciēs, appearance; see spek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] specious·ly adv. spe′ci·osi·ty (-shē-ŏsĭ-tē), specious·ness (-shəs-nĭs) n.
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