英语词汇“phony”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Whether you're talking about your attitude, a gigantic diamond, or that obnoxious guy's claims that he knows everything about quantum physics, you can use phony to say that something’s not real.

Use the adjective phony to describe anything that’s fake. If you’re making phony money in the basement, you’ll be in trouble if you get caught using it. Phony has a noun version with a similar meaning. If you say someone or something is a phony, then you’re saying it isn’t what it pretends to be. Someone who’s a phony isn’t sincere, like your classmate who pretended to be your best friend just to try to steal your boyfriend.

WORD FAMILY

phony: phonier, phonies, phoniest, phonily

USAGE EXAMPLES

They include fake IRS calls, bogus sweepstakes, phony grandchild in distress calls and romance scams.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

It described an elaborate system in which Conn paid doctors and a judge to rubber-stamp disability claims, using phony medical evidence.

Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)

False returns typically reported inflated or fictitious income from a sole proprietorship and claimed phony dependents to generate an Earned Income Tax Credit.

Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016)

1adj fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Syn

bastard, bogus, fake, phoney
counterfeit, imitative

not genuine; imitating something superior

2n a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender

charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker

someone with an assured and ingratiating manner

Tartufe, Tartuffe

a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre

a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous

beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster

someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

单词	phony
释义	phony (once / 5263 pages) adjn Whether you're talking about your attitude, a gigantic diamond, or that obnoxious guy's claims that he knows everything about quantum physics, you can use phony to say that something’s not real. Use the adjective phony to describe anything that’s fake. If you’re making phony money in the basement, you’ll be in trouble if you get caught using it. Phony has a noun version with a similar meaning. If you say someone or something is a phony, then you’re saying it isn’t what it pretends to be. Someone who’s a phony isn’t sincere, like your classmate who pretended to be your best friend just to try to steal your boyfriend. WORD FAMILY phony: phonier, phonies, phoniest, phonily USAGE EXAMPLES They include fake IRS calls, bogus sweepstakes, phony grandchild in distress calls and romance scams. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It described an elaborate system in which Conn paid doctors and a judge to rubber-stamp disability claims, using phony medical evidence. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) False returns typically reported inflated or fictitious income from a sole proprietorship and claimed phony dependents to generate an Earned Income Tax Credit. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj fraudulent; having a misleading appearance Syn bastard, bogus, fake, phoney counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior 2n a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker someone with an assured and ingratiating manner Tartufe, Tartuffe a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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