| 单词 | sham |
| 释义 | sham (once / 1071 pages) nadjv A sham is a fake. If you frequently order products advertised on late-night, hour-long television commercials, you’ve probably ended up with at least one item that was a sham. All-purpose, industrial strength stain remover, anyone? Sham can be used to refer to people as well as to things. Remember that doctor from the late-night TV commercial advertising UltraMiracleCure vitamin pills? He’s probably a sham, or a quack. Some sources claim that the word sham originated in the 17th century and was derived from the English word shame, but who knows? Maybe that theory’s a sham too. WORD FAMILYsham: shamedly, shamer, shamest, shamingly, shammed, shammer, shamming, shams+/shammer: shammers USAGE EXAMPLESHe tried participating in a veteran-support group but saw it as a sham. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The Justice Department said Barclays’ due diligence on the deals at issue was “a sham.” New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Months after we exposed this as a sham, Hannity continues to display this false claim on his website. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1n something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be Syn|Hypo|Hyper fake, postiche fake book a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly Potemkin villagesomething that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance imitation something copied or derived from an original 2n a person who makes deceitful pretenses Syn|Hypo|Hyper fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer name dropper someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringera contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true 3adj adopted in order to deceive sham modesty Syn assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior 4v make believe with the intent to deceive He shammed a headache Syn|Hypo|Hyper affect, dissemble, feign, pretend make, make believe, pretend represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like play possum to pretend to be dead take a divepretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer bull, fake, talk through one's hatspeak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths moutharticulate silently; form words with the lips only lip-sync, lip-synchmove the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song) belie, misrepresent represent falsely 5v make a pretence of Syn|Hypo|Hyper assume, feign, simulate play pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity feintdeceive by a mock action act, dissemble, pretend behave unnaturally or affectedly |
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