| 单词 | false |
| 释义 | false (fɔːls ) 1. adjective B1 If something is false, it is incorrect, untrue, or mistaken. It was quite clear the President was being given false information by those around him. You do not know whether what you're told is true or false. His sister said he had deliberately given the hospital a false name and address. Synonyms: untrue, fraudulent, unreal, concocted falsely adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 ...a man who is falsely accused of a crime. falsity (fɔːlsɪti ) uncountable noun [oft the NOUN of noun] ...with no clear knowledge of the truth or falsity of the issues involved. Synonyms: lie, fraud, cheating, deception Synonyms: untruth, deceit, dishonesty, inaccuracy 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 You use false to describe objects which are artificial but which are intended to look like the real thing or to be used instead of the real thing. ...the items she'd secreted in the false bottom of her suitcase. ...a set of false teeth. I was wearing false eyelashes and a sweater two sizes too small. 3. adjective If you describe a person or their behaviour as false, you are criticizing them for being insincere or for hiding their real feelings. [disapproval] She bowed her head and smiled in false modesty. 'Thank you,' she said with false enthusiasm. Even to himself the geniality rang false and he came to a stop. falsely adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB after verb] He was falsely jovial, with his booming, mirthless laugh. 'This food is divine,' they murmur, falsely. Idioms: a false dawn [mainly British, journalism] a situation in which you think that something is finally going to improve but it does not National elections are scheduled for next year, but this country has seen many false dawns before. Is it really heading for democracy and peace this time? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sail under false colours to deliberately deceive people This report sails under false colours. The author had reached his basic conclusions long before he even began gathering any fresh evidence. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: false hope Such sellers have essentially commodified false hope. The Sun (2016) This was much more than a false hope. The Broken God (1993) I don't want to give false hope but there have been advances in this field. The Sun (2016) Or whether it was a beacon of false hope lit by the unique electricity of a motley group with an idiosyncratic manager. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He talks about government as a false idol. Christianity Today She used to hide her pop posters inside her wardrobe, because otherwise he'd rip them down and say they were false idols. Times,Sunday Times Through its production of the false idol of the public, it diverts attention away from individuals to a mass public that loses itself in abstractions, communal dreams, and fantasies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Immediately after, he created a false idol. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a sporting world bloated by hype and false idols, a true great bowed out last night with the record books covered in tears and thanks. Times, Sunday Times Psychometric tests are cleverly designed to notice when people are trying to put across a false image of themselves. Times, Sunday Times The public can see through it if you are putting on a kind of false image. Times, Sunday Times She worries about playing up to some false image of femininity. Times, Sunday Times I have long argued that these are patronising and reinforce the false image of a helpless continent in desperate need of our salvation. Times,Sunday Times A commitment to authenticity helps us refuse the false image some project onto us. Christianity Today The lack of honesty then sustains a false impression. Times, Sunday Times Scoring a hatful of points against relatively easy opponents may look good but can create bad habits and a false impression. Times, Sunday Times The tougher walks will often include overnight stops in huts - a word that conjures up a false impression. Times, Sunday Times It's trivialising something that should not be trivialised and gives a false impression of surgery. Times, Sunday Times He always seemed content to let the false impression linger, however. Times, Sunday Times Any listed company allowing false information to cause share prices to move by more than 20% could face a criminal investigation. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They said that it had printed false information to distort the facts. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The case was blighted by false information given by officials. Times, Sunday Times (2012) To have false information removed you simply have to make your case to a site administrator. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He is charged with three counts of fraud, two counts of transferring criminal property and two counts of furnishing false information. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Double-check the position - you don't want your false lashes too close to the inner eye. The Sun We live in a world of false lashes, she lives in a world of real lashes. The Sun False lashes are the must-have fashion accessory of the moment. Times, Sunday Times I immediately reapply a full face including false lashes and that won't come off until the next morning. The Sun But the double false lashes that she wears to enhance her striking blue eyes are 'crucial' — without them she would have no eyelashes at all. The Sun A semi-interested assistant in a third shop pointed me to a back shelf, but it turned out to be a false lead. Times, Sunday Times It was a false lead gleaned from her mobile phone messages. Times, Sunday Times Then, after so many false leads, came a tip-off that sounded promising. Times, Sunday Times They have had their hopes raised and dashed so often over the years by false leads and attention-seekers. The Sun Look-alike pets are identified to avoid false leads in the future. Times, Sunday Times He had no false modesty about the poems. Times, Sunday Times (2015) That sounds like false modesty to us. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There's no such thing as false modesty with you. The Sun (2015) This false modesty is a bit nauseating but no one can deny you look glam. The Sun (2015) He was finally given it but then allegedly resorted to a false name so he could be granted British citizenship. The Sun (2011) She provided police with a false name and description when asked to identify who had been driving her car. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The hotel room had been booked under a false name and using stolen credit card details. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The police arrested him and he gave a false name. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004) Although this man gave the gang a false name, Goody claims he always knew his real identity. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Let's not have people hiding their concerns to protect a false notion of unity. Christianity Today All have been based on a false notion of the incontrovertible nature of scientific proof; a misunderstanding that provided a perfect ground for tyranny. Times, Sunday Times Institutional bad faith renders those extraordinary conditions invisible and advances as a norm the false notion a shared ordinary set of conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I've found these false notions are also removed by making baptism a regular part of morning worship. Christianity Today Many false notions are believed by many people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So why not another dose of false optimism? Globe and Mail Self-pity on the one hand, false optimism on the other - you've got to strike a balance, haven't you? Times, Sunday Times But one too many rejections had made this false optimism hard to hold on to. Times, Sunday Times Apparently, when we're young we're full of 'false optimism' about life. The Sun He didn't go along with false optimism. Times, Sunday Times She faces charges of tax evasion and using a false passport. Times, Sunday Times He has in the past fled to avoid a court order and was found in possession of a false passport. Times, Sunday Times She was convicted of using a false passport. Times, Sunday Times During the fraud trial he jumped bail and left the country under a false passport. Times, Sunday Times He had at least one false passport in this name — and nine more years of 'close protection' ahead of him. Times, Sunday Times In this case, there may also be a false perception of norms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The phenomenon consists of a false perception of angular displacement about the roll axis and therefore becomes an illusion of bank. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has lead to a widespread false perception that the genres are synonymous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They used to be persecuted by anglers for the false perception that they stopped trout colonising stretches of rivers and streams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our work highlights the successes in this area and dispels the myths and false perceptions about a career in local government. Times, Sunday Times We are now prepared to stand before the congregation and expose false premises and penetrate self-deceptions. Christianity Today All the polls proving this and that, prove nothing because they are based on false premises and future guesses. Times, Sunday Times Logical minds working from false premises, unfailingly arrive at erroneous conclusions. Times, Sunday Times They base their arguments on two false premises. Times, Sunday Times When we start out with false premises, we are sure to arrive at an unsound conclusion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also holds out the not-entirely false promise of self-renewal. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It has got to be about real hope not false promise. The Sun (2015) The false promise of protectionism must be resisted. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But new research suggests that carbon dating gave a false reading. The Sun But the paramedics thought they must be getting a false reading when they checked my oxygen. The Sun That was based on an entirely false reading of history. Times, Sunday Times In some cases, reluctantly, he has been forced to leave a clearly false reading unchanged, conceding final editorial bafflement. The Times Literary Supplement This false reading may be caused by abnormally large changes in an aircraft's pitch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The consequence of your false report led police down a blind alley, chasing and checking unnecessary details. The Sun A false report from a government official then raised hopes that 50 survivors had been found. Times, Sunday Times He was charged with making a false report, arrested and taken to a local jail, although he was released on bail later that day pending a court appearance. Times, Sunday Times He was charged with filing a false report to a police officer. Houston Chronicle She was charged with offences including filing a false report. The Sun She admitted pretending to be a medical practitioner and fraud by false representation. Times, Sunday Times (2017) He denies four charges of obtaining money by deception and false representation. The Sun (2011) She denies misconduct in public office and false representation. The Sun (2009) She admitted two charges of fraud by false representation and asked for 17 others to be taken into consideration at Portsmouth crown court. The Sun (2016) Last month she was jailed for eight months after admitting six charges of false representation. The Sun (2009) When your shares are being thumped by a persistent false rumour, do not panic. Times, Sunday Times One false rumour blamed mobile phone masts for spreading the virus and several were then set alight. The Sun Ask what objections he has to you - maybe he's heard some false rumour. The Sun He described how, in the space of a minute, five bank trading desks independently telephoned him to relay the same false rumour about the bank. Times, Sunday Times Just one false rumour that this fund was moving out of dollars, or stockpiling copper could dramatically hit prices - or governments. Times, Sunday Times But if we don't make the effort to know our true self, we'll be stuck in our false self. Christianity Today You need to chip away at that false self. Times, Sunday Times No matter how great a job we do at constructing a false self, people eventually recognise an inherent lie. Times, Sunday Times It's called the false self. Times, Sunday Times In his view, narcissists have lost their true self, the core of their personality, which has been replaced by delusions of grandeur, a false self. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He accepts that a move in the language game can be a true or false statement about something independent of the game. The Times Literary Supplement She now faces charges of giving a false statement over an imaginary offence and will appear in court today. Times, Sunday Times She pleaded guilty to three charges of dishonestly making a false statement or representation and failing to notify a change in circumstances. The Sun She allegedly deleted text messages relating to the case and made a false statement to police. Times, Sunday Times You will have to make a declaration, and if you make a false statement you will be liable for criminal prosecution. Times, Sunday Times Prosecutors announced an investigation last week into claims the former prime minister and 44 others gave false testimony or corrupted witnesses at previous trials. Times, Sunday Times It ordered a review over claims of false testimony. The Sun They were held on suspicion of giving false testimony to the police, a crime punishable by up to three years in jail. Times, Sunday Times A number of others also tried to hide the problems, including by providing false testimony while under oath, according to the watchdog. Times, Sunday Times Several other witnesses, it has emerged, are also being investigated on suspicion of providing false testimony. Times, Sunday Times But it may also be a false trail. Times, Sunday Times But it proves another false trail. The Sun They thought it was the discovery, after a few false trails, of a different path. Times, Sunday Times There have been the false trails, of course. Times, Sunday Times He came across many rumours and false trails. Times, Sunday Times The tech giant responded that any suggestion that it didn't care about working conditions was 'patently false and offensive'. Times, Sunday Times His lawyer insisted the allegations were 'patently false'. The Sun Nor was it fair that 'patently false' accusations should be allowed to follow teachers through their entire career. Times, Sunday Times In a statement, the mogul apologised for past 'bad behaviour' but a later statement from his lawyer said he 'denies many of the accusations as patently false'. The Sun Shame, especially, tatkes on the idea of raised expectations generated by the media and nails it down as patently false. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also angrily decried the leaking of information, much of which was 'totally false' and had been voluntarily recounted by the maid herself. Times, Sunday Times It's totally false to say you can't practise. Times, Sunday Times The bank rushed out an announcement saying that the claims in the spoof press release and website were 'totally false and groundless'. Times, Sunday Times The rumours were totally false. The Times Literary Supplement There had been so many accusations against me, which were totally false, and yet there they were on the front pages of the newspapers. Times, Sunday Times The debate became one of disproving utterly false propaganda. Times, Sunday Times A letter from his old schoolteacher dismissed it as 'utterly false and grievously mischievous'. The Sun His lawyers sent a letter to this newspaper saying that the allegation that he had offered to amend legislation for a fee was utterly false and without foundation. Times, Sunday Times The choice between custody and rehabilitation should be an utterly false one. Times, Sunday Times But he said that it had been completely and utterly false to blame the fans for the disaster. Times, Sunday Times He said yesterday that the allegations made against him had been 'wholly false and seriously defamatory'. Times, Sunday Times Western policymakers were often castigated by anti-nuclear critics as heedless of the threat to civilisation, and the charge was wholly false. Times, Sunday Times Memories of specific events experienced after the age of 10 can be highly accurate, highly inaccurate and sometimes wholly false. Times, Sunday Times Undo their machinations with a surfeit of wholly false information, the more baroque in its imagining the better. Times, Sunday Times To say that technical expertise sits at the opposite end of the spectrum from personal communion with nature would be to create a wholly false opposition. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 假的 Japanese: 偽りの |
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