phoney

英 [ˈfəʊni]

美 [ˈfoʊni]

adj.  假的; 冒充的; 欺骗的
n.  不诚实的人; 冒充的人(或东西); 冒牌货

复数：phoneys　

Collins.1 / BNC.15243 / COCA.35932

牛津词典

adj.

• 假的；冒充的；欺骗的
  not real or true; false, and trying to trick people
  1. She spoke with a phoney Russian accent.
     她用一种伪装的俄国腔调说话。

noun

• 不诚实的人；冒充的人（或东西）；冒牌货
  a person who is not honest or sincere; a thing that is not real or true

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 伪造的；假的
  If you describe something asphoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine.
  1. He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...
     他找了某个她根本不会相信的借口给她打电话。
  2. He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney...
     他并没有真的长胡子，那是假的。
  3. He used a phoney accent.
     他的口音是装出来的。
• ADJ-GRADED 虚伪的；做作的
  If you say that someone isphoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people.
  1. He looks totally phoney to me.
     在我看来，他非常虚伪。
  2. ...phoney 'experts'.
     伪专家
  3. Phoneyis also a noun.
     
  4. 'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.
     “他是冒充的，是个骗子，”哈里咕哝道。

英英释义

noun

• 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
  Synonym:hypocritedissemblerdissimulatorphonypretender

adj

• fraudulent
  Synonym:bogusfakephonybastard

双语例句

• If you are a failure in your devotional life, you are a phoney in every other part.
  如果你在灵修生活方面失败，那你在任何方面都不老实。
• The kids all put on a phoney American accent.
  这些小孩都操着一副假冒的美国腔。
• You'd think me simply phoney if I told you how I felt about my own arms.
  我告诉你，我摸摸自己手臂的那分心情，你准会当我骗人。
• Three nuclear power stations were shut down for using cables with phoney safety certificates.
  三家核电站因为所使用的电缆涉及伪造安全许可证而被关闭。
• The first we is phoney and to be avoided.
  第一种我们是骗人的东西，需要避免。
• He's not going to fly away. he's a liar, and a cheat! And a phoney!
  他不会飞走的，他是骗子，作弊者，赝品！
• He looks totally phoney to me.
  在我看来，他非常虚伪。
• Not a phoney one, she insists, but authentic and compelling.
  她坚称，这不是一个骗人的东西，而是值得信赖、引人注目的品牌。
• Still, however distorting phoney fears may be, they are far preferable to genuine calamities.
  尽管如此，无论恐慌多么扭曲和失实，它们都远比真正的灾难更为可取。
• After a while he discovered that the media company was phoney; he found greater satisfaction with a can of polish and a brush.
  不久他发现这家媒体公司是个骗子；而他在鞋油和鞋刷中找到了更大的满足感。