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- made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud伪造的; 仿造的：
two men were remanded on bail on a charge of passing counterfeit £10 notes.
因使用10英镑伪钞而被起诉的两个人被交保候审。
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- archaic pretended; sham〈古〉假装的; 虚假的：
the counterfeit and the worthless Poor do a world of mischief to the cause of beneficence.
假装贫困者和无能的穷人给慈善事业带来了不少损害。
- a fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery伪造物; 赝品：
he knew the tapes to be counterfeits.
他知道这些磁带都是仿冒品。
with obj.
1- imitate fraudulently伪造; 仿冒：
my signature is extremely hard to counterfeit.
我的签名是极难仿冒的。
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- pretend to feel or possess (an emotion or quality)佯作; 假装：
no pretence could have counterfeited such terror.
那样的恐惧是怎么也装不出来的。
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- poetic/literary resemble closely〈诗/文〉酷似：
sleep counterfeited Death so well.
睡眠与死亡何其相似。
派生词
counterfeiter
noun词源
Middle English (as a verb)： from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- 'in opposition' + facere 'make'.