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shamFAmndisapproving someone or something that is not what it pretends to be, or pretence假装者，骗人之物，虚假It turned out that he wasn't a real doctor at all--he was just a sham. [C]原来他根本不是个真正的医生，只是个骗子而已。They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham. [C]他们声称选举是公平的，但事实上这是个骗局。She appears to be rich with her fine clothes, but it's only a sham. [C]她衣着精致，看上去很富有，但这只是装门面而已。The American dream is a sham. [C]美国梦是虚假的。I have no time for all this sham (= pretence). [U]我没有时间听所有的这些假话。
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