phony
音标：
英音/ ˈfəʊni / 美音/ ˈfoʊni /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
The phony campaign claimed Mattel would abandon recycled plastic materials, lobby for a federal ban on nonessential plastics and convert its facilities to all-natural manufacturing.
该虚假活动声称美泰将放弃回收塑料材料，游说联邦禁止非必需塑料，并将其设施转变为纯天然制造。
—Washington Times
Pretending to represent a phony government agency, one researcher contacted 644 older adults in the Chicago area about a potential compromise of personal information related to their Social Security and Medicare benefits.
一名研究人员假装代表一个虚假的政府机构，联系了芝加哥地区的 644 名老年人，询问其社会保障和医疗保险福利相关的个人信息可能受到泄露。
—Washington Times
This is quite a reversal from the Trump years, when the media fell for every phony accusation, including the Steele dossier, the two-year Russia collusion hoax, and two purely political impeachments.
这与特朗普时代截然不同，当时媒体因每一项虚假指控而陷入困境，包括斯蒂尔档案、长达两年的通俄骗局以及两次纯粹的政治弹劾。
—Washington Times
基本释意：
adjective
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
<非正式>伪造的，假的；<非正式>虚伪的，做作的
同义词：
bastard,bogus,fake,phoney,dissembler,dissimulator,hypocrite,phoney,pretender
短释义：
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.
无论你是在谈论你的态度、一颗巨大的钻石，还是那个令人讨厌的家伙声称他了解量子物理学的一切，你都可以用假话来表示某些东西不是真实的。
长释义：
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.
使用形容词 phony 来描述任何假的东西。如果你在地下室赚钱，一旦被发现使用它，你就会有麻烦。 Phony 有一个具有类似含义的名词版本。如果你说某人或某物是假的，那么你就是在说它不是它所假装的那样。虚伪的人并不真诚，就像你的同学假装是你最好的朋友，只是为了抢你的男朋友。
文学例句：
Then, when she was all done whispering and being cute as hell, she’d sing some dopey song, half in English and half in French, and drive all the phonies in the place mad with joy.
然后，当她的小声说话和可爱得要命的时候，她会唱一些愚蠢的歌曲，一半用英语，一半用法语，让这个地方所有的骗子都高兴得发疯。
—The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
“I think Grandpa makes up phony excuses for her not being around. This is a dangerous place. He has lied about other things. I get the feeling he’s trying to protect us from the truth.”
“我认为爷爷为她不在身边编造了一些虚假的借口。这是一个危险的地方。他在其他事情上撒了谎。我感觉他是在试图保护我们免受真相的影响。”
—Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
I spent the whole night necking with a terrible phony named Anne Louise Sherman.
我整个晚上都在和一个名叫安妮·路易斯·谢尔曼的可怕的骗子发生关系。
—The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
词源：
phony (adj.)also phoney, “not genuine,” 1899, perhaps an alteration of fawney “gilt brass ring used by swindlers.”
His most successful swindle was selling “painted” or “phony” diamonds. He had a plan of taking cheap stones, and by “doctoring” them make them have a brilliant and high class appearance. His confederates would then take the diamonds to other pawnbrokers and dispose of them. [“The Jewelers Review,” New York, April 5, 1899]
The noun meaning “phony person or thing” is attested from 1902.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
phony (adj.) 也是假的，“不是真的”，1899 年，可能是 fawney“骗子使用的镀金黄铜戒指”的变形。他最成功的诈骗是出售“彩绘”或“假冒”钻石。他有一个计划，取廉价的石头，通过“改造”它们，使它们拥有光彩夺目的高级外观。然后，他的同伙会将钻石带到其他当铺并处理掉。 [《珠宝商评论》，纽约，1899 年 4 月 5 日] 自 1902 年以来，这个名词的意思是“虚假的人或事物”。相关条目及更多
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