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Word family nounfalsehoodfalsenessfalserfalsiesfalsismfalsityfalse alarmfalse dawnfalse friendfalse startfalse teethfalseworkadverbfalselyadjectivefalsishfalse

false /fɔːls $ fɒːls/ W3 adjectiveadj

1 untrue 不真实的WRONG/INCORRECT a statement, story etc that is false is completely untrue 假的，不真实的

Please decide whether the following statements are true or false.

请判断以下说法的对错。

false accusations

不实的指责

In everyday English, people usually say not true rather than false, apart from in the fixed expression true or false: 在日常英语中，人们一般说not true，不说false，固定表达方式true or false除外

What he said was false. → What he said was not true. 他的话不是真的。

2 wrong 错误的WRONG/INCORRECT based on incorrect information or ideas 不正确的，错的

I don’t want to give you any false hopes.

我不想让你有任何虚假的希望。

The statement gives us a false impression that we understand something when we do not.

这句话使我们产生错觉，以为自己懂了，但其实并没懂。

false assumptions about people of other cultures

对来自其他文化的人的错误假设

a false sense of security (=a feeling of being safe when you are not really safe)

虚假的安全感

► see thesaurus at wrong

3 not real 不是真的

a) FALSEnot real, but intended to seem real and deceive people 假的，伪造的

The drugs were hidden in a suitcase with a false bottom.

毒品藏在一个有暗底的手提箱里。

The man had given a false name and address.

那男子报了个假名和假地址。

b) FALSEartificial 人造的

false teeth/hair/eyelashes etc 假牙/假发/假睫毛等

► see thesaurus at artificial

4 not sincere 不真诚的PRETEND not sincere or honest, and pretending to have feelings that you do not really have 不真诚的；不诚实的；假装的

She’s so false.

她很假。

a false laugh

假笑

‘You played brilliantly.’ ‘Not really, ’ Ian replied with false modesty.

“你弹得真好。”“哪里。”伊恩故作谦虚地答道。

5 false economy something that you think will save you money but which will really cost you more 假省钱，看似节约

It’s a false economy not to have travel insurance.

不买旅游保险看起来省钱了，其实并不划算。

Examples from the Corpus

false economy• Buying less than the best is a false economy.• Diane Chalmers, senior home care manager, says councillors and staff recognised that removing the service would be a false economy.• Do not skimp on batteries, it is a false economy.• From a point of view of commercial work, however, this is bad practice, and false economy.• Using briefing only may be a false economy.• It is false economy not to get the right expert, even though getting the right expert may be more expensive.• It would be a false economy not to treat divers.

6 under false pretences if you get something under false pretences, you get it by deceiving people 以欺诈手段，靠欺骗

He was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.

他被指控诈取钱财。

Examples from the Corpus

under false pretences• He got a loan from the bank under false pretences.• Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses.• He brought me down here to work for him under false pretences.• He was only interested in himself and his business, and had married her under false pretences.• I felt as if I was there under false pretences.• I got into your office under false pretences, but there was no other way.

7 false move/step a small movement or action that will result in harm 〔会引起伤害的〕不明智行动

One false move and you’re dead.

走错一步你就完了。

Examples from the Corpus

false move/step• A false step, a forgotten detail.• One false step and we would be down there too.• Leicester are the sporting equivalent of those brave landmine engineers who operate in areas where one false move can destroy everything.• Risking a false step in the bog, she sped over the path.• One false move in the conduct of the attack will spell certain doom for White.• No regrets, no hesitation; there were no false moves left in me.• Any false starts or false moves will result in error and the telltale bugs.• And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against.

8. false imprisonment/arrest the illegal act of putting someone in prison or arresting them for a crime they have not committed 非法监禁/拘留

Examples from the Corpus

false imprisonment/arrest• An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment. 3.• If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment.• Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.• Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.• But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.• The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.• The boy admitted false imprisonment and wounding.• He denies false imprisonment, assault and blackmail.

THESAURUS

false not real, but intended to seem real and deceive people 假的，伪造的

He uses a false name.

他用假名。

fake made to look or seem like something else, especially something worth a lot more money 〔尤指很值钱的东西〕伪造的，假冒的

fake fur

人造毛皮

a fake Rolex watch

假冒的劳力士手表

fake designer goods

假名牌商品

na fake $100 bill

forged a forged official document or bank note has been illegally made to look like a real one 〔文件、钞票〕伪造的

a forged passport

伪造的护照

a forged £50 note

50英镑假钞

counterfeit /ˈkaʊntəfɪt $ -tər-/ counterfeit money or goods have been illegally made to look exactly like something else 〔钱或物品〕伪造的，仿造的

How do you detect counterfeit currency?

你如何识别假币？

counterfeit drugs

假药

imitation made to look real – used especially about guns, bombs etc or about materials 〔尤指枪、炸弹等或材料〕仿制的

The two men used an imitation firearm to carry out the robbery.

两名男子手持仿真枪实施抢劫。

imitation leather/silk/silver

仿皮革/仿真丝/仿银

phoney/phony / ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ disapproving informal false – used when you think someone is deliberately trying to deceive people 虚假的〔用于认为某人故意欺骗时〕

She put on a phoney New York accent.

她装出一口纽约腔。

The doctors were accused of supplying phoney medical certificates.

这些医生被控提供虚假的医疗证明。

nThere’s something phoney about him.

nphony advertisements

spurious /ˈspjʊəriəs $ ˈspjʊr-/ false and giving a wrong impression about someone or something 虚假的；站不住脚的

spurious claims

貌似真实的断言

That’s a spurious argument.

那是个站不住脚的论点。

The company was trying to get some spurious respectability by using our name.

那家公司正试图利用我们的声誉骗取些许假名声。

Examples from the Corpus

false• Please decide whether the following statements are true or false.• Decide whether these statements are true or false.• These are serious charges that are wholly unfounded and completely false.• Her claims of being able to recall past lives were later proved false.• Her smile and welcome seemed false.• He gave false and misleading statements to the court.• My mother avoided visiting Bali on the quite false assumption that the place is full of tourists.• Many false assumptions were made about the planet Jupiter.• Her suitcase had a false bottom, containing 2 kilos of heroin.• Her face took on a look of false delight.• It did not disconcert Sly that he found himself addressing an audience who were all wearing false dingo ears.• She was heavily made up, with false eyelashes and bright red lipstick.• "Merry Christmas, '' she said with false heartiness.• Taken at face value the words found sinister and can convey a false impression like some sort of second-rate horror movie.• The article gives a totally false impression of life in Russia today.• The title gives a false impression of what the book is actually about.• We were given false information about his background.• He gave the clerk a false name and address in case the police were looking for him.• He gave a false name and address to the police.• Rosenberg had supplied a false name and address.• With these he could begin to construct the illustrated history of his subject, starting with a false name.• The personality itself can he divided into two parts: false personality and personality proper.• Nearly a third of adults in the UK have false teeth.

true or false• But is that image true or false?• We have very few beliefs, true or false, about what our beliefs about honey etc. are: why should we?• The problem raised by the theory of ideology is the analysis of knowledge as true or false, according to its social determination.• The facts that we know, true or false, are the facts that we live by.• Notes accompanying the disc offer facts about synthetic fibres, hydrocarbons, and plastics together with true or false quizzes.• Your biggest task is to make your true or false statements challenging for your readers.• And like the film Jaws, true or false, this is a story that will run and run.

a false sense of security• Large profits over the last two years have given stock investors a false sense of security.• An attempt to lull him into a false sense of security.• Gone is the wide fast road and its dangerous crossing, where the stripes gave walkers a false sense of security.• Had she allowed herself to be lulled into a false sense of security?• Perhaps it gives them a false sense of security.• The entire procedure would give a false sense of security.• The reported wind speeds gave everyone a false sense of security.• They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security.• We had been lulled into a false sense of security.

false teeth/hair/eyelashes etc• And she can't be the only young girl in the school with a full set of false teeth.• But Robert could have wished the man would get some false teeth.• He rummaged the bed - another fright, his life was full of them - for his false teeth.• Should I have taken the false teeth?• But I remember two things about him-his false teeth and shiny balding head.• The officer was city-bred and educated, so that the false teeth appeared to him in a different light.• Talk of false teeth in this setting?• His lips were intensely smiling and his false teeth shone.

false modesty• I say that with no false modesty.• Miranda, while not vain, did not suffer from false modesty.• This was in no way false modesty - he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.• There is no false modesty here, no subtle, indirect swaggering; the author's honesty rings true.• That was a fact she accepted without false modesty or pride.• It would be false modesty to fail to recognize that it is you that is selling..• It would be false modesty to say that we win games on luck alone.

From Longman Business Dictionary

falsefalse /fɔːlsfɒːls/ adjectiveadj

1not true or real, but intended to look real in order to deceive people

false and misleading advertisements

Firms issuing false certificates might be subject to lawsuits.

2a false economy something that you think will save money but which will really cost you more

It’s a false economy to hire unqualified staff.

Origin false

(900-1000) Latin falsus, from fallere “to deceive”

单词	false
释义	false Word family nounfalsehoodfalsenessfalserfalsiesfalsismfalsityfalse alarmfalse dawnfalse friendfalse startfalse teethfalseworkadverbfalselyadjectivefalsishfalse false /fɔːls $ fɒːls/ ●●● W3 adjectiveadj 1 untrue 不真实的WRONG/INCORRECT a statement, story etc that is false is completely untrue 假的，不真实的 Please decide whether the following statements are true or false. 请判断以下说法的对错。 false accusations 不实的指责 Register In everyday English, people usually say not true rather than false, apart from in the fixed expression true or false: 在日常英语中，人们一般说not true，不说false，固定表达方式true or false除外 What he said was false. → What he said was not true. 他的话不是真的。 2 wrong 错误的WRONG/INCORRECT based on incorrect information or ideas 不正确的，错的 I don’t want to give you any false hopes. 我不想让你有任何虚假的希望。 The statement gives us a false impression that we understand something when we do not. 这句话使我们产生错觉，以为自己懂了，但其实并没懂。 false assumptions about people of other cultures 对来自其他文化的人的错误假设 a false sense of security (=a feeling of being safe when you are not really safe) 虚假的安全感 ► see thesaurus at wrong 3 not real 不是真的 a) FALSEnot real, but intended to seem real and deceive people 假的，伪造的 The drugs were hidden in a suitcase with a false bottom. 毒品藏在一个有暗底的手提箱里。 The man had given a false name and address. 那男子报了个假名和假地址。 b) FALSEartificial 人造的 false teeth/hair/eyelashes etc 假牙/假发/假睫毛等 ► see thesaurus at artificial 4 not sincere 不真诚的PRETEND not sincere or honest, and pretending to have feelings that you do not really have 不真诚的；不诚实的；假装的 She’s so false. 她很假。 a false laugh 假笑 ‘You played brilliantly.’ ‘Not really, ’ Ian replied with false modesty. “你弹得真好。”“哪里。”伊恩故作谦虚地答道。 5 false economy something that you think will save you money but which will really cost you more 假省钱，看似节约 It’s a false economy not to have travel insurance. 不买旅游保险看起来省钱了，其实并不划算。 Examples from the Corpus false economy• Buying less than the best is a false economy.• Diane Chalmers, senior home care manager, says councillors and staff recognised that removing the service would be a false economy.• Do not skimp on batteries, it is a false economy.• From a point of view of commercial work, however, this is bad practice, and false economy.• Using briefing only may be a false economy.• It is false economy not to get the right expert, even though getting the right expert may be more expensive.• It would be a false economy not to treat divers. 6 under false pretences if you get something under false pretences, you get it by deceiving people 以欺诈手段，靠欺骗 He was accused of obtaining money under false pretences. 他被指控诈取钱财。 Examples from the Corpus under false pretences• He got a loan from the bank under false pretences.• Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses.• He brought me down here to work for him under false pretences.• He was only interested in himself and his business, and had married her under false pretences.• I felt as if I was there under false pretences.• I got into your office under false pretences, but there was no other way. 7 false move/step a small movement or action that will result in harm 〔会引起伤害的〕不明智行动 One false move and you’re dead. 走错一步你就完了。 Examples from the Corpus false move/step• A false step, a forgotten detail.• One false step and we would be down there too.• Leicester are the sporting equivalent of those brave landmine engineers who operate in areas where one false move can destroy everything.• Risking a false step in the bog, she sped over the path.• One false move in the conduct of the attack will spell certain doom for White.• No regrets, no hesitation; there were no false moves left in me.• Any false starts or false moves will result in error and the telltale bugs.• And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against. 8. false imprisonment/arrest the illegal act of putting someone in prison or arresting them for a crime they have not committed 非法监禁/拘留 Examples from the Corpus false imprisonment/arrest• An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment. 3.• If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment.• Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.• Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.• But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.• The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.• The boy admitted false imprisonment and wounding.• He denies false imprisonment, assault and blackmail. THESAURUS false not real, but intended to seem real and deceive people 假的，伪造的 He uses a false name. 他用假名。 fake made to look or seem like something else, especially something worth a lot more money 〔尤指很值钱的东西〕伪造的，假冒的 fake fur 人造毛皮 a fake Rolex watch 假冒的劳力士手表 fake designer goods 假名牌商品 na fake $100 bill forged a forged official document or bank note has been illegally made to look like a real one 〔文件、钞票〕伪造的 a forged passport 伪造的护照 a forged £50 note 50英镑假钞 counterfeit /ˈkaʊntəfɪt $ -tər-/ counterfeit money or goods have been illegally made to look exactly like something else 〔钱或物品〕伪造的，仿造的 How do you detect counterfeit currency? 你如何识别假币？ counterfeit drugs 假药 imitation made to look real – used especially about guns, bombs etc or about materials 〔尤指枪、炸弹等或材料〕仿制的 The two men used an imitation firearm to carry out the robbery. 两名男子手持仿真枪实施抢劫。 imitation leather/silk/silver 仿皮革/仿真丝/仿银 phoney/phony / ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ disapproving informal false – used when you think someone is deliberately trying to deceive people 虚假的〔用于认为某人故意欺骗时〕 She put on a phoney New York accent. 她装出一口纽约腔。 The doctors were accused of supplying phoney medical certificates. 这些医生被控提供虚假的医疗证明。 nThere’s something phoney about him. nphony advertisements spurious /ˈspjʊəriəs $ ˈspjʊr-/ false and giving a wrong impression about someone or something 虚假的；站不住脚的 spurious claims 貌似真实的断言 That’s a spurious argument. 那是个站不住脚的论点。 The company was trying to get some spurious respectability by using our name. 那家公司正试图利用我们的声誉骗取些许假名声。 Examples from the Corpus false• Please decide whether the following statements are true or false.• Decide whether these statements are true or false.• These are serious charges that are wholly unfounded and completely false.• Her claims of being able to recall past lives were later proved false.• Her smile and welcome seemed false.• He gave false and misleading statements to the court.• My mother avoided visiting Bali on the quite false assumption that the place is full of tourists.• Many false assumptions were made about the planet Jupiter.• Her suitcase had a false bottom, containing 2 kilos of heroin.• Her face took on a look of false delight.• It did not disconcert Sly that he found himself addressing an audience who were all wearing false dingo ears.• She was heavily made up, with false eyelashes and bright red lipstick.• "Merry Christmas, '' she said with false heartiness.• Taken at face value the words found sinister and can convey a false impression like some sort of second-rate horror movie.• The article gives a totally false impression of life in Russia today.• The title gives a false impression of what the book is actually about.• We were given false information about his background.• He gave the clerk a false name and address in case the police were looking for him.• He gave a false name and address to the police.• Rosenberg had supplied a false name and address.• With these he could begin to construct the illustrated history of his subject, starting with a false name.• The personality itself can he divided into two parts: false personality and personality proper.• Nearly a third of adults in the UK have false teeth. true or false• But is that image true or false?• We have very few beliefs, true or false, about what our beliefs about honey etc. are: why should we?• The problem raised by the theory of ideology is the analysis of knowledge as true or false, according to its social determination.• The facts that we know, true or false, are the facts that we live by.• Notes accompanying the disc offer facts about synthetic fibres, hydrocarbons, and plastics together with true or false quizzes.• Your biggest task is to make your true or false statements challenging for your readers.• And like the film Jaws, true or false, this is a story that will run and run. a false sense of security• Large profits over the last two years have given stock investors a false sense of security.• An attempt to lull him into a false sense of security.• Gone is the wide fast road and its dangerous crossing, where the stripes gave walkers a false sense of security.• Had she allowed herself to be lulled into a false sense of security?• Perhaps it gives them a false sense of security.• The entire procedure would give a false sense of security.• The reported wind speeds gave everyone a false sense of security.• They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security.• We had been lulled into a false sense of security. false teeth/hair/eyelashes etc• And she can't be the only young girl in the school with a full set of false teeth.• But Robert could have wished the man would get some false teeth.• He rummaged the bed - another fright, his life was full of them - for his false teeth.• Should I have taken the false teeth?• But I remember two things about him-his false teeth and shiny balding head.• The officer was city-bred and educated, so that the false teeth appeared to him in a different light.• Talk of false teeth in this setting?• His lips were intensely smiling and his false teeth shone. false modesty• I say that with no false modesty.• Miranda, while not vain, did not suffer from false modesty.• This was in no way false modesty - he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.• There is no false modesty here, no subtle, indirect swaggering; the author's honesty rings true.• That was a fact she accepted without false modesty or pride.• It would be false modesty to fail to recognize that it is you that is selling..• It would be false modesty to say that we win games on luck alone. From Longman Business Dictionary falsefalse /fɔːlsfɒːls/ adjectiveadj 1not true or real, but intended to look real in order to deceive people false and misleading advertisements Firms issuing false certificates might be subject to lawsuits. 2a false economy something that you think will save money but which will really cost you more It’s a false economy to hire unqualified staff. Origin false (900-1000) Latin falsus, from fallere “to deceive”
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