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- a thing that is not what it is purported to be假冒物, 赝品; 假象：
our current free health service is a sham.
我们当今的免费医疗服务是虚假的。
1.1
- mass noun pretence假装; 虚伪。
1.2
- a person who pretends to be someone or something they are not假冒者; 骗子：
he was a sham, totally unqualified for his job as a senior doctor.
他是一个骗子, 完全胜任不了高级医师的职务。
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- N. Amer. short for PILLOW SHAM.〈北美〉PILLOW SHAM的简称。
- bogus; false仿造的; 虚假的：
a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage.
安排假婚姻的牧师。
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shammed, shamming
no obj. falsely present something as the truth假装, 佯作：was he ill or was he shamming?
他是病了, 还是装病？
1.1
- with obj. pretend to be or to be experiencing装作是：
she shams indifference
她假装很冷淡
no obj., with complement the opossum escapes danger by shamming dead.负鼠通过装死来逃离危险。
派生词
shammer
noun词源
late 17th cent.: perhaps a northern English dialect variant of the noun SHAME.