| 单词 | lie-detector |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslie-detector lie-detector n. originally U.S. an instrument intended to indicate when a person is lying by detecting changes in his physiological characteristics. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar > machine for detecting lies lie-detector1909 polygraph1942 1909 C. E. Walk Yellow Circle iv. 69 It is a lie detector... You set some wheels going. 1922 Rep. 45th Ann. Meeting Amer. Bar Assoc. 619 (heading) The Berkeley Lie Detector and other deception tests. 1933 PMLA 48 609 These views lead to such revolting pseudo-scientific nonsense as the use..of a lie detector apparatus in order to convict defendants. 1962 Listener 19 Apr. 691/2 With special instruments you can measure electrical changes in the skin when a person is emotionally upset or aroused, changes which we call the galvanic skin response, and which are made use of in the so-called ‘lie detector’. 1971 Daily Tel. 28 July 4/8 About 30 employees..have been given lie-detector tests in the fight against pilfering. It is believed to be the first use of ‘polygraph interviews’, as the tests are called, in New York shops. 1974 ‘A. Garve’ File on Lester ii. 9 When a politician talks of frankness most voters reach for their lie-detectors. < as lemmas |
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