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单词 phony
释义
phony
adjective
informaldisapproving(UKalsophoney)
us
/ˈfoʊ.ni/uk
/ˈfəʊ.ni/
phonier|phoniest
notsincereor notreal:
Allsalespeopleseemto have the same phonysmile.
He gave thepolicea phonyaddress.
Synonyms
bogus
fake
false(NOT TRUE)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • feyness
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • posey
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • theatricality
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
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Faking & pretending
(Definition ofphonyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

phony| American Dictionary

phony
adjective
us
/ˈfoʊ·ni/
representedasrealbutactuallyfalse;intendedtodeceive:
They wereaccusedofsubmittingphonyclaimstoinsurers,includingMedicare.
phony
noun[C]
infml
us
/ˈfoʊ·ni/
apersonwhofalselypretendsto be something:
Ithinkhe’s a phony.
(Definition ofphonyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphony

phony
When someone responded by playing a 'phonyrole' (one of his favourite pejorative terms), he acted bored or irritated, rolling his eyes in mock frustration or disbelief.
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After this, we should stop thephonypeace and face the unpleasant realities of our economic situation.
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I do not believe that people regard the quota as being in any way "phony".
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But what world does it so present, the real one or aphonyone of its own inventing?
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The other is totallyphony, based upon ignorance of what happens in industry.
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The argument about staff associations is artificial andphony.
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It only goes to show what phonies they are.
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It will have to search the house, acting on infor- mation which in the first instance could have beenphony.
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After all, it would not go down too well alongside theirphonyadvertisements on dole queues.
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He consoled himself with the great improvement that had taken place over the last ten years—a singularly "phony" argument, it seems to me, in dealing with a contemporary crisis.
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We stopped thephonywar.
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I am not thinking of profit-sharing, which is frequently "phony"—and profit is, in any case, not the sole criterion of success, or indeed the best.
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The movie version overflows with affection and good intention, but unwittingly turns a bauble of cheerful fakery into something that mostly feelsphony.
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The methods used to dupe innocent consumers includes photocopying labels, creating different andphonychateaux names on the capsule and the label.
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In 1994, he was found guilty of welfare fraud for operating aphonybilling scheme.
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