| 单词 | authentic |
| 释义 | au·then·tic I. 1. obsolete 2. < an authentic book on medieval customs > < an authentic portrayal > 3. a. < an authentic act > b. obsolete 4. a. < authentic joy over her return > b. < an authentic manuscript > < an authentic Chippendale chair > 5. of a church mode 6. < an authentic historical reference > 7. a. < an authentic English custom > b. < an authentic portrait > 8. biology Synonyms: < he told his grandfather that he had been in combat with a giant, and frightened his poor mother … with long, and by no means authentic, accounts of the battle — W.M.Thackeray > < an esoteric jargon which does not even have the authentic ring of American slang — Stanley Walker > < only the authentic Christian tradition has the answer to our present problems — Times Literary Supplement > < an authentic passion for concrete detail, in the mind of the author himself — C.E.Montague > genuine may stress definite origin from a certain source < whose letter — genuine or counterfeited — had been so instrumental in hastening this outbreak — J.L.Motley > genuine chiefly emphasizes a real actual character as contrasted with a fraudulent, deceptive appearance < whether it is a genuine insight into the workings of his own mind or only a false explanation of them — C.D.Lewis > < sham motor bus companies which if genuine would have been very sensible and publicly useful investments — G.B.Shaw > < palming off paper imitations of all kinds of valuables on the simple-minded ghosts and gods, who take them in all good faith for the genuine articles — J.G.Frazer > genuine may also describe emotions or mental states really experienced and not feigned < that was no conventional expected shock that she had received. It was genuine unforeseen shock — Arnold Bennett > In “a genuine authentic Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington”, genuine emphasizes certainty of ascription to Stuart and authentic emphasizes the close similarity between portrait and subject. veritable indicates a true existence or actual identity < the ruffians were so utterly appalled, not only by the false powers of magic, but by veritable powers of majesty and eloquence — Charles Kingsley > It may indicate a very close similarity and stress the suitability of a metaphor < an old gray-haired lady, a veritable saint who had not been soured by her many deeds of charity — P.E.More > bona fide, often commercial or legal in suggestion, stresses good faith and lack of intent to deceive or the avoidance of equivocal casuistry < bona fide residents who … maintained homes in no other places — Harper's > II. < an authentic and unselfconscious middle-class primitive — Philip Roth > |
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