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单词 phoney
释义
phoney
(fni ) also phony
Word forms: phoneys , phonier, phoniest
1. adjective
If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. [informal, disapproval]
He'd phoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute.
He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney.
He used a phoney accent.
Synonyms: fake, affected, assumed, trick  
2. adjective
If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. [informal, disapproval]
He looks totally phoney to me.
...phoney 'experts'.
Synonyms: bogus, false, fake, pseudo [informal]  
Phoney is also a noun.
'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.
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