| 单词 | sham |
| 释义 | sham (ʃæm ) Word forms: shams countable noun [usually singular] Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be. [disapproval] The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham. Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham. ...sham marriages. Synonyms: fraud [informal], imitation, hoax, pretence Collocations: complete sham So the glory of suffering really is all a complete sham. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He's shown that is a complete sham by his actions this week. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Has our marriage of 30 years been a complete sham? Times, Sunday Times (2015) His results show that the patients who got sham surgery recovered faster than people who had been given the real surgery. Times, Sunday Times (2006) All 180 patients were told there was a one in three chance they would undergo sham surgery. The Sun (2006) When he was told that he had been given sham surgery, he wasn't upset. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Translations: Chinese: 假的东西 Japanese: いんちき |
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