食材铺反向词典

mendacious

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [menˈdeɪ.ʃəs]
  • 美式音标 [menˈdeɪ.ʃəs]
  • 国际音标 [men'deiʃəs]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.〈文〉虚假的；撒谎的

词根记忆

  • mend(修改) + acious→过度修改→不真实的
  • mend(修补) + acious→漏洞太多，需要修补→说谎的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Crude and mendacious it may be, but the Sun senses the popular mood.
    也许粗俗和虚假，但是太阳报察觉到了公众的情绪。
  • But many efforts at reform are timid—witness the mendacious budgets produced in Washington by both Barack Obama and the Republicans and their refusal to touch entitlements.
    但在改革方面所做的许多努力仍显得缩手缩脚——巴拉克•奥巴马与共和党人在华盛顿所作的虚假预算以及他们拒绝触及政府津贴计划就是明证。
  • Some reckon its failure to unearth masses of new information is down to a mix of mendacious reticence on the part of key witnesses and the pusillanimity of their inquisitors.
    一些人承认，没能发现大量的新信息是由于关键证人的虚假的沉默和审判者的胆怯。

    • 权威例句

  • Our failed and delusional leaders must take their mendacious and defeatist national debate along with them.
    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Where Israel Went Wrong
  • We greeted Goldstone's mendacious report on Operation Cast Lead with justified indignation and furor and never backed down.
    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Richard Goldstone and Palestinian statehood
  • Our behavior denied Goldstone and his cronies the ability to portray his mendacious report as the unvarnished truth.
    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Richard Goldstone and Palestinian statehood

词组短语

    短语

  • A mendacious 虚假的
  • mendacious s 撒谎的;不真的
  • mendacious expression 虚伪表示
  • mendacious report 虚假报道
  • mendacious advertisement 虚假广告

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • not telling the truth

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A mendacious person is someone who tells lies. A mendacious statement is one that is a lie.