| 正面 | 12759.sham 英 [ʃæm]美 [ʃæm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： sham→shame(n. 羞耻)→造假者应感到羞耻n. 假装；骗子；赝品vt. 假装；冒充vi. 假装；佯装adj. 假的；虚假的；假装的n. (Sham)人名；(英、印、毛里塔)沙姆 例句： 1. The latest crime figures are a complete sham.最新的犯罪统计数字完全是捏造的。 sham 假象，伪装可能来自 Proto-Germanic*skamo,遮盖，隐藏，来自 PIE*skem,遮盖，隐藏，词源同 hide,shame. 引申词义假象，伪装等。 shamsham: see shamesham (n.)1670s, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," also as a verb and an adjective, of uncertain origin; the words burst into use in 1677. Perhaps from sham, a northern dialectal variant of shame (n.); a derivation OED finds "not impossible." Sense of "something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." Related: Shammed; shamming; shammer. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896." |