phoney

英 [ˈfəʊni]

美 [ˈfoʊni]

adj.  假的; 冒充的; 欺骗的
n.  不诚实的人; 冒充的人(或东西); 冒牌货

复数：phoneys　

Collins.1 / BNC.15243 / COCA.35932

牛津词典

adj.

• 假的；冒充的；欺骗的
  not real or true; false, and trying to trick people
  1. She spoke with a phoney Russian accent.
     她用一种伪装的俄国腔调说话。

noun

• 不诚实的人；冒充的人（或东西）；冒牌货
  a person who is not honest or sincere; a thing that is not real or true

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 伪造的；假的
  If you describe something asphoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine.
  1. He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...
     他找了某个她根本不会相信的借口给她打电话。
  2. He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney...
     他并没有真的长胡子，那是假的。
  3. He used a phoney accent.
     他的口音是装出来的。
• ADJ-GRADED 虚伪的；做作的
  If you say that someone isphoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people.
  1. He looks totally phoney to me.
     在我看来，他非常虚伪。
  2. ...phoney 'experts'.
     伪专家
  3. Phoneyis also a noun.
     
  4. 'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.
     “他是冒充的，是个骗子，”哈里咕哝道。

英英释义

noun

• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
  Synonym:hypocritedissemblerdissimulatorphonypretender

adj

• fraudulent
  Synonym:bogusfakephonybastard

双语例句

• All aerobic instructors seem to have the same phoney American accent.
  所有的增氧健身操教练似乎都有同样的假美国口音。
• The story sounds phoney to me.
  我觉得这件事听起来有假。
• Even so, the phoney war in currency markets had better not become a real conflict.
  即便如此，汇市上的小打小闹也最好不要演变成一场真正的冲突。
• The John Terry affair was quite different, and was shaped by a public storm of phoney moral outrage.
  约翰特里的事件截然不同，公众虚伪的道德义愤左右了整个事件的发展。
• The first we is phoney and to be avoided.
  第一种我们是骗人的东西，需要避免。
• He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney
  他并没有真的长胡子，那是假的。
• The company had a phoney Latin name which inspired no confidence.
  这家公司有一个假的拉丁文名字，但这并没有激起人们的信任。
• You'd think me simply phoney if I told you how I felt about my own arms.
  我告诉你，我摸摸自己手臂的那分心情，你准会当我骗人。
• Three nuclear power stations were shut down for using cables with phoney safety certificates.
  三家核电站因为所使用的电缆涉及伪造安全许可证而被关闭。
• There is a chance that the phoney war of the past three months will turn into real fighting.
  过去3个月的虚张声势有可能演变成真正的战争。