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phoniness

/foh-nee/US // ˈfoʊ ni //UK // (ˈfəʊnɪ) //

语音,嗓音,语音性,语气

Related Words

spurious虚假的,虚假,虚伪的,虚构的counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的bogus虚假的,假的,伪造的,虚假forged伪造的,锻造的,伪造,锻造trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它pseudo伪装,伪,假性,假性的imitation模仿,模仿品,仿制,仿冒品affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的artificial人工,人造,人为,人为的assumed假定的,假冒的,假设的,假设

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    pho·ni·er, pho·ni·est.

    • : not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
    • : false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted: a phony explanation.
    • : insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious: a phony sales representative.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pho·nies.

    • : something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
    • : an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person: He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pho·nied, pho·ny·ing.

    • : to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate: to phony up a document.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouninsincerity
Synonyms
ambidexterity灵活性,灵巧性,适应性,肢体灵活性ambidextrous左右逢源,左右手互用,左右手互搏,左右手互用的artificiality人为性,人造性,人工性,人性backhanded反手,反手一击,反手一挥,反手拍打deceitful奸诈的,狡猾的,狡诈的,奸诈deceptive欺骗性的,欺骗性,骗人的,误导性的devious狡猾的,奸诈的,邪恶的,狡诈的disingenuous虚伪的,虚情假意,虚伪,无诚意的disingenuousness虚情假意,虚伪性,虚伪,虚伪的dissembling无稽之谈,无聊,无用的东西,无用的double双,双倍,双重,双份double-dealing两面派,两面三刀,双轨制,两面派手法duplicitous两面派,两面三刀,奸诈的,奸诈evasive闪烁其词,闪烁其词的,闪缩的,闪避faithless无信仰,无信仰的,无义,无信fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货false假的,虚假,错误,错误的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的hypocritical伪善的,虚伪的,假正经,伪善lying撒谎,谎言,谎话连篇,谎话mendacious狡诈,狡猾的,狡猾,狡诈的perfidious无信义的,无信义,无信义的人,无耻之徒phony虚假的,虚假,虚假性,虚伪pretentious装腔作势,矫情,矫揉造作,矫情的put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它shifty变幻莫测,晃晃悠悠,阴阳怪气,变幻莫测的slick滑溜溜的,油嘴滑舌,滑溜溜,光滑的sly狡猾的,狡猾,诡谲,诡异的snide冷笑话,讽刺,讽刺地说,讥讽two-faced两面派,双面人,双面的,双面unfaithful不忠,不忠实,不忠心,不忠实的人untrue不真实,不真实的,不属实,不符合事实untruthful虚情假意,不真实的,不真实,不诚实的
nounhypocrisy
Synonyms
affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心bad faith不诚信,恶意,不诚实,恶意的bigotry偏执,偏见,偏执狂,偏狭cant坎特,罐头,罐子casuistry案例分析,案例研究,案情分析,案例分析法deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性dishonesty不诚实行为,不诚实的行为,不诚实,坏事display展示,展示的,展示的是dissembling无稽之谈,无聊,无用的东西,无用的dissimulation异想天开,异装癖,骗人,骗人的东西double-dealing两面派,两面三刀,双轨制,两面派手法duplicity二重性,二元性,两性关系,二心false profession假职业,假专业,虚假职业,虚假的职业falsity假话,虚假性,假的,虚假fraud欺诈,诈骗,欺诈行为,欺骗glibness巧言令色,巧舌如簧,口齿不清,口误imposture骗局,冒牌货,骗人,骗子insincerity虚伪性,假意,不真诚,虚伪irreverence不敬,不尊重,不敬业,不恭敬lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话lip service口头服务,唇语服务,唇齿相依,唇齿服务mockery嘲讽,嘲弄,讽刺,嘲笑pharisaicalness讽刺性,厌恶性,犹太教,讽刺性的东西pharisaism法利赛主义,法利赛教,法利赛运动,法利赛pietism虔诚主义,虔敬主义,虔信主义,虔诚派quackery庸医,骗人的东西,庸人自扰,庸俗的东西sanctimoniousness神圣性,圣洁性,神圣主义,圣洁sanctimony圣洁性,圣言,亵渎,圣洁speciousness特异性,特异功能,特殊性,特质tartuffery沥青厂,沥青,沥青厂的two-facedness两面派,两面人,两面性,两面三刀unctuousness无序性,无序,无序化,无序状态

Examples

  • In 1999, the SEC filed a civil complaint alleging that four Southern California men had joined in a scheme to manipulate the stock of a bankrupt commercial printer company by spreading phony takeover rumors on the Web.

  • If advertisers found out they were being billed for phony clicks, that would of course undermine confidence in the online ad business.

  • Homeland Security Investigations started using its 7,000 agents in tandem with border, FDA and FBI officials to investigate scams, seize phony products and arrest hundreds of people.

  • Fortunately, there are tools and strategies savvy travelers can use to spot the phonies.

  • It’s surprisingly easy to dress up phony science as the real thing by simply adopting, or appearing to adopt, the trappings of science.

  • He was going nuts with frustration in the face of what he considered to be phoniness and untruth.

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