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

• Some phoney excuse for the delay.
  因延误而找的假藉口。
• The John Terry affair was quite different, and was shaped by a public storm of phoney moral outrage.
  约翰特里的事件截然不同，公众虚伪的道德义愤左右了整个事件的发展。
• I don't see why you have to put on a phoney English accent.
  我不明白你为什么说起话来非得装模作样地带上英国口音。
• 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。
• He used a phoney accent.
  他的口音是装出来的。
• The first we is phoney and to be avoided.
  第一种我们是骗人的东西，需要避免。
• The story sounds phoney to me.
  我觉得这件事听起来有假。
• I'm a liar and a phoney. a saxophone player.
  我是骗子，是个萨克斯风手。
• He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney
  他并没有真的长胡子，那是假的。
• They work by lowering your guard with the phoney fraud alert.
  他们通过降低你对骗子诈骗警告的警惕而成功。