false是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not real, but made to look or seem real -- 假的；人工的

  • false eyelashes/teeth 假睫毛／假牙

  • UK Modern office buildings have false floors, under which computer and phone wires can be laid. 現代辦公樓都設有假地板，下麵鋪設電腦和電話線路。

• 1 not true, but made to seem true in order to deceive people -- 虛假的；偽造的

  • She was charged with giving false evidence in court. 她被控在法庭上作偽證。

  • When she was stopped by the police for speeding, she gave them a false name and address. 因超速駕駛被警察截停時，她報上了假的姓名和地址。

  • He assumed a false identity (= pretended he was someone else) in order to escape from the police. 為了逃避警方的追捕，他用了假身分。

  • He was deported for entering the country under false pretences. 他因以虛假身分入境而被驅逐出境。

  • If you're not going to offer me a job, then you've brought me here under false pretences (= you have deceived me in order to make me come here). 如果你不打算給我一份工作，那麼你就是把我騙到這裡來的。

• 2 not correct -- 錯誤的

  • "Three plus three is seven. True or false?" "False." 「三加三等於七。對還是錯？」「錯。」

  • The news report about the explosion turned out to be false. 有關爆炸的新聞報道後來發現有誤。

  • You'll get a false impression/idea of the town if you only visit the university. 如果你只參觀大學，就會對這個鎮產生錯誤的印象。

• 3 not sincere or expressing real emotions -- 不真誠的；虛情假意的

  • a false smile/laugh 虛情假意的微笑／大笑

  • I didn't like her - she seemed false. 我不喜歡她——她有點虛偽做作。

• 4 A false friend is not loyal or cannot be trusted. -- 不忠誠的；不可靠的