| 单词 | social lie |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial lie social lie n. an untrue statement intended to ease social relations; a white lie. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > well-intentioned white lie1567 officious lie1577 officious falsity1676 social lie1839 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. (new ed.) 271 They teld em at if they let it they shud braik ther contract. Nah that were just a social lie; becos't landlord teld t' young men he'd nooa daht at they'd let it em, an even went we em to see. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 64 And yet although the social lie Looks double to the dreamer's eye. 2003 New Republic (Nexis) 3 Nov. Nothing can make of Kafka a bad writer, but there were things that lay outside his ken. The communal, the shared, the necessary social lie. < as lemmas |
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