false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/falseadjective(NOT REAL)
B2
notreal, but made tolookorseemreal:
假的；人工的falseeyelashes/teeth假睫毛／假牙
UKModernofficebuildingshave falsefloors, under whichcomputerandphonewirescan belaid.现代办公楼都设有假地板，下面铺设计算机和电话线路。
made by humans
- artificialHer bouquet was made of artificial flowers.
- syntheticThe tyres are made with synthetic rubber.
- man-madeNylon is a man-made fibre.
- fakeHe was selling fake fur jackets.
- Hedisguisedhimself byshavinghisheadandwearinga falsebeard.
- falselimbs
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not goldidiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- fake news
- false flag
- falsely
- fantastical
- nothing could be further from the truthidiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- practically
- veridical
- verifiability
- verifiable
- verifiably
- verily
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Natural and artificial
falseadjective(NOT TRUE)
B1disapproving
nottrue, but made toseemtrueinordertodeceivepeople:
虚假的；伪造的She waschargedwith giving falseevidenceincourt.她被控在法庭上作伪证。
When she wasstoppedby thepoliceforspeeding, she gave them a falsenameandaddress.因超速驾驶被警察拦下时，她报了假的姓名和地址。
Heassumeda falseidentity(=pretendedhe was someoneelse)inordertoescapefrom thepolice.为了逃脱警方的追捕，他用了假身份。
under false pretencesdisapproving(USunder false pretenses)
If you do something under false pretences, youlieabout who you are, what you are doing, or what youintendto do, inorderto get something:
靠欺诈手段；以虚假的借口He wasdeportedforenteringthecountryunder false pretences.他因以虚假身份入境而被驱逐出境。
- Thepoliticianwasawarded£50 000damagesover falseallegationsmade by thenewspaper.
- The two menallegethat thepoliceforcedthem to make falseconfessions.
- Hisaccusationswere false, but theyservedtobesmirchherreputation.
- Theirpromiseslulledus into a falsesenseofsecurity.
- The government'sclaimthat it wouldreducetaxesprovedfalse.
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- fraud
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quack
falseadjective(NOT CORRECT)
B1
notcorrect:
错误的"Threeplusthree is seven. True or false?" "False."“3加3等于7。对还是错？”“错。”
Thenewsreportabout theexplosionturnedout to be false.有关爆炸的新闻报道后来发现有误。
You'll get a falseimpression/ideaof thetownif you onlyvisittheuniversity.如果你只参观大学，就会对这个镇产生错误的印象。
Synonyms
erroneousformal
fallaciousformal
incorrect
untrue
wrong(NOT CORRECT)
wrong
- wrongThat's the wrong answer. Read the question again.
- incorrectThe information on the website is incorrect.
- erroneousNo one could explain how the erroneous information had got into the report.
- inaccurateTheir estimation of the cost was wildly(= extremely)inaccurate.
- It is anillogicalstatement, because if onepartistrue, then the other must be false.
- Youractionsarebasedon some falsepresuppositions.
- Thattheorywasprovedfalse.
- Myfearsabout thejobturnedout to be false.
- Teams willlosetwopointsfor any falseanswers.
Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomalous
- awry
- bark
- false positive
- falsely
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doingsomethingidiom
- irregular
- irregularly
- liberal
- liberally
- mal-
- mis-
- quarrel
- wrongly
falseadjective(NOT SINCERE)
C1disapproving
notsincereorexpressingrealemotions:
不真诚的；虚情假意的a falsesmile/laugh虚情假意的微笑／大笑
I didn't like her - sheseemedfalse.我不喜欢她——她有点虚伪做作。
Synonym
fake
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- glibness
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- pretension
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick
falseadjective(NOT LOYAL)
literarydisapproving
A falsefriendis notloyalor cannot betrusted.
不忠诚的；不可靠的Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- adulterous
- backstabber
- betrayal
- betrayer
- break ranksidiom
- chicane
- deserter
- desertion
- faithless
- faithlessly
- faithlessness
- fifth column
- fifth-columnist
- sellout
- stabsomeonein the backidiom
- tergiversation
- throwsomeoneto the lionsidiom
- throwsomeoneunder the busidiom
- treacherous
- treasonable