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单词 untruth
释义
untruth
noun
uk
/ʌnˈtruːθ/us
/ʌnˈtruːθ/
[C]
astatementthat is nottrue:
瞎话；假话；谎言
It's not the firsttimethat thepaperhas been introubleforprintinguntruths about people'sprivatelives.这家报纸已经不是第一次因捏造人们私生活的新闻而惹上麻烦了。
[U]
thefactthat something is nottrue:
虚假；不真实
The untruth of thisstatementwasimmediatelyclearto me.我立刻就看出来这份声明是假的。
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(Definition ofuntruthfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuntruth

untruth
I attributed the obstinate belief in these untruths partly to a confusion between the cause of desire and the object of desire.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He weaves a sophisticated philosophy of the ways in which language is true or untrue, and the mechanisms of linguistics, literature, and life that signal these truths or untruths.
From theCambridge English Corpus
How could we know that their delight would be in any way marred on finding that they had officially been told untruths while they were yet on earth?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Testimony is only testimony, when the promise of truth which characterises it is accompanied by a trace ofuntruth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Here, on the other hand, in wanting to begin to become truth by becoming subjective, subjectivity is in the predicament of beinguntruth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Whereas authentication concerns the construction of a true or veridical identity, denaturalization foregroundsuntruth, pretense, and imposture in identity positioning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Clarence hears the sense" go to prison on your behalf", and we that ofuntruth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Myth-makers do not call attention to the possibleuntruthof what they are saying if they wish to persuade their audience of its truth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The semantic values they mark are uncertainty and (at times) suspecteduntruth, hypothesis, and indeterminateness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hence, at one point man, obviously through his own fault, fell intountruth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The trade unions, who continue to spread untruths and panic, are left cold by these arguments.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Philosophy, to make theuntruthof its abstract concepts true, needs the externality of objective science and the concrete application that only practice can bring to abstract reason.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I know that the first amendment we are to vote on is a motion for rejection, supported by a letter sent to everyone which contains complete untruths.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
All we got was a litany of excuses, half-baked ideas, untruths and squalid interventions about the industry itself.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They go off and tell untruths about the organisations for which they are working—in fact, downright lies—or for which they worked.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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