sham
noun[Cusually singular]
disapprovinguk/ʃæm/us/ʃæm/something that is not what itseemsto be and isintendedtodeceivepeople, or someone whopretendsto be something they are not:
假象；骗局；假冒者；冒牌货Itturnedout that he wasn't arealdoctorat all - he was just a sham.原来他根本就不是个真正的医生，只是个骗子而已。
Theyclaimedthat theelectionhad beenfair, but really it was a sham.他们声称选举是公平的，但事实上这是个骗局。
Synonyms
fake(PERSON OR OBJECT)
impostor
pseudUKinformaldisapproving
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- massage
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- professed
- purport
- quack
sham
verb[IorT]
disapprovinguk/ʃæm/us/ʃæm/-mm-topretend:
假装He isn't reallyupset- he's just shamming.他不是真的难过——只是装装样子。
Synonym
fake(FEELING/ILLNESS)
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- massage
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- professed
- purport
- quack
sham
adjective
disapprovinguk/ʃæm/us/ʃæm/onlypretendingto bereal;false:
虚假的，假装的They made afortunethrough some shampropertydeal.他们通过子虚乌有的房地产交易赚了一大笔钱。
Thatjewellerylookssham to me.那件珠宝在我看来是赝品。
She'strappedin a sham(= not good orsatisfying)marriage.她受困于不幸福的婚姻中。
Synonyms
fake(FEELING/ILLNESS)
fictitious
pretended
Copying and copies
- anti-counterfeiting
- anti-piracy
- ape
- biomimicry
- blueprint
- bootleg
- derivative
- imaging
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- mail merge
- pirate
- pirated
- plagiarism
- plagiarize
- recopy
- reproduce
- simulation
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