单词 | genuine |
释义 | genuine (once / 190 pages) adj Genuine things are true or authentic. When you're talking about people, being genuine has to do with being sincere. This word has to do with things and people that are true. A genuine blonde is a real blonde — no hair dye involved. A genuine friend is a real friend you can trust when the chips are down. Genuine feelings are real feelings — not fake feelings put on as a show. A genuine hundred dollar bill is the real McCoy, not a counterfeit bill. When something is the real thing, it's genuine. WORD FAMILYgenuine: genuinely, genuineness USAGE EXAMPLESHe is a genuine person who lives by a strict moral code, and he expects to be treated fairly. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But United continued to look like a team gathering some genuine momentum. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) His editor on The World at One, Dame Jenny Abramsky, remembered him as a "gifted broadcaster" with "genuine warmth". BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj not fake or counterfeit a genuine Picasso genuine leather Syn|Ant echt authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable not counterfeit or copied attested, authenticated, documentedestablished as genuine good, honestnot forged honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough(used informally especially for emphasis) honest, honorablenot disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent existent, realbeing or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamadopted in order to deceive bad, forgedreproduced fraudulently basedebased; not genuine bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phonyfraudulent; having a misleading appearance inauthentic, spurious, unauthenticintended to deceive mockconstituting a copy or imitation of something ostensible, ostensiverepresented or appearing as such; pretended pinchbeckserving as an imitation or substitute pseudo(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of syntheticnot genuine or natural artificial, unrealcontrived by art rather than nature unreallacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria insincerelacking sincerity falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality 2adj being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something a genuine dilemma Syn actual, literal, real true consistent with fact or reality; not false 3adj not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed genuine emotion Syn true, unfeigned sincere open and genuine; not deceitful |
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