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sham

/sham/US // ʃæm //UK // (ʃæm) //

虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
    • : a person who shams; shammer.
    • : a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
    • : designed, made, or used as a sham.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shammed, sham·ming.

    • : to produce an imitation of.
    • : to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shammed, sham·ming.

    • : to make a false show of something; pretend.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.artificial, counterfeit
nounhoax, trick
Synonyms
farce活剧,闹剧,笑话forgery伪造,伪造行为,伪造品,伪造的fraud欺诈,诈骗,欺诈行为,欺骗hypocrisy虚伪性,伪善,虚伪,虚伪行为mockery嘲讽,嘲弄,讽刺,嘲笑travesty滑稽可笑,滑稽的事,滑稽的事情,滑稽可笑的事whitewash粉饰,粉刷,刷新,擦亮burlesque滑稽戏,滑稽剧,滑稽表演,歌舞剧cant坎特,罐头,罐子caricature漫画,讽刺画,讽刺,漫画作品cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品cover-up遮掩,掩饰,遮盖物,遮盖deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性facade门面,门脸,门面房,门牌fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货fakery造假,作假,伪造,虚假性feint假动作,佯攻,佯装,佯谬flimflam虚张声势,骗局,虚伪性,虚张声势的行为imitation模仿,模仿品,仿制,仿冒品impostor冒名顶替者,冒牌货,冒名顶替的人,骗子imposture骗局,冒牌货,骗人,骗子jive跳舞,跳跃,欢呼声,跳动mock嘲讽,嘲弄,讽刺,嘲笑pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假pretext幌子,托词,借口,托辞pseudo伪装,伪,假性,假性的put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它sell出售,销售,卖,售卖smoke烟雾,烟雾缭绕,烟雾弥漫,烟尘spoof恶搞,恶作剧,欺骗,愚弄false front假面,虚伪的正面,虚假的前台,虚伪面孔hypocriticalness虚伪性,伪善,假正经,伪善性pharisaism法利赛主义,法利赛教,法利赛运动,法利赛phoniness语音,嗓音,语音性,语气snow job雪地作业,雪地工作,雪上作业,雪工

Examples

  • When they injected the molecule into the stomachs of normal mice, the rodents were able to remember the location of a platform in an underwater maze and find it three times faster than mice that had received sham injections.

  • Yet it has repeatedly refused to seriously challenge the administration of President Vladimir Putin and has effectively served to legitimize the Kremlin’s sham democracy.

  • From that second on, I realized it was all a sham, that he was actually shy, funny, sentimental, a joy to be with.

  • Artiles allegedly instructed the sham candidate, who did not live in the Miami-area district, to use the address of a property in Palmetto Bay that Alex Rodriguez still owned, but no longer resided at, according to the affidavit.

  • The EPA has turned the entire process into “a sham,” said Lianne Sheppard, a professor of biostatistics and environmental health at the University of Washington.

  • Islamist brigades including Suqur al-Sham, a 9,000-strong militia, are openly breaking with Western-favored rebel factions.

  • Then came the admission of a sham marriage with an immigrant.

  • Also in 1997, Hayes entered a sham marriage with a Nigerian immigrant, for which she was paid $5,000.

  • Both Iran and the United States share a common enemy in the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

  • I remember the first time I heard of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

  • Part of that idea was sham bric-à-brac, the rest was carte blanche to Messrs. Spick and Span.

  • The camping-out at Streetly Wood has annually recurred since that date; the first sham fight took place June 20, 1877.

  • If we nevertheless receive them, it is the effect of His bountiful goodness, and not the result of our sham prayer.

  • It is full of deceit, sham, and pharisaism—an aggravated counterpart of the outside world.

  • The sham patient sprang to the door at the end of the passage, opened it softly, and stood listening.