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单词 phoney
释义
phoney
adjective
informaldisapproving(USalsophony)
uk
/ˈfəʊ.ni/us
/ˈfoʊ.ni/
phonier|phoniest
notsincereor notreal:
虚伪的；假冒的，伪造的
Allsalespeopleseemto have the same phoneysmile.所有推销员的微笑似乎都一样，假惺惺的。
He gave thepolicea phoneyaddress.他给了警察一个假地址。
Synonyms
bogus
fake
false(NOT TRUE)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • feyness
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • pretension
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
  • ultra-slick
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Faking & pretending
phoney
noun[C]
informaldisapproving(USalsophony)
uk
/ˈfəʊ.ni/us
/ˈfoʊ.ni/
someone who is notsincereor not what theyclaimto be:
I don'ttrusthim - Ithinkhe's a phoney.
Why can't youseehe's a phoney?
Synonyms
fake(PERSON OR OBJECT)
pseudUKinformaldisapproving
More examples
  • She would have toadmitshe was a phoney.
  • You're not aproperactor, you're a phoney.
  • Voters cansmellphoneys amileaway.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • feyness
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • pretension
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
  • ultra-slick
See more results »

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Faking & pretending
(Definition ofphoneyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
phoney
adjective
informaldisapproving(USalsophony)
uk
/ˈfəʊ.ni/us
/ˈfoʊ.ni/
phonier|phoniest
notsincereor notreal
虚伪的；假冒的，伪造的
Allsalespeopleseemto have the same phoneysmile.所有推销员的微笑似乎都一样，假惺惺的。
He gave thepolicea phoneyaddress.他给了警察一个假地址。

Examplesofphoney

phoney
The war of words between the 'old enemies', played out on the wartime and immediate postwar political and media stages, was essentially aphoneywar.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When will the moment come when we feel like sticking plasters of protest onto all thosephoneyphrases?
From theCambridge English Corpus
She is currently in the shell shocked but still "phoneywar" stage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Women were responsible both for producingphoneyaccounts of the war and for popularizing them ; the inauthentic war-text derives from the sentimental female literary tradition so popular before the war.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When thephoneycontextualism of the colonial style came along the spell was broken and the diner manufacturers woke up to the real nature of their product.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A far better target for a critique ofphoney'authenticity', for at least the mainstream of popular music, is that an artist has to be troubled.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We all know this is aphoneyparliament, but this demonstrates just how pointless it is.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In reality, a conditional censure is aphoneycensure.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I am referring first of all to thephoneydebate on gelatine.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I am quite deliberately saying product counterfeiter, rather than refer to a peddler ofphoneyproducts, which sounds very harsh.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Is it not very clear that if they do not agree to verification of the kind that is simple and right then they are phoneys—that's all, just phoneys?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hate these double negatives: they sound "phoney" to me, and in this particular case they always have done.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am told by some of the providers that there has been nophoneybusiness and no bunching up of contracts.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I referred to these "phoney" cars built in backyards, not to the general run of cars.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
With all respect to the motor industry, not all "phoney" cars are built in backyards.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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