specious
/ˈspiːʃəs/adjective
1- superficially plausible, but actually wrong似是而非的:
a specious argument.
一个似是而非的论点。
1.1
- misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive华而不实的; 外表美观迷惑人的:
the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty.
演唱业界把一些曾风靡一时的老歌包装得华美新奇却华而不实。
派生词
speciously
adverbspeciousness
noun词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'beautiful'): from Latin speciosus 'fair', from species (see SPECIES).