| 英语单词 | bogus |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['bəʊɡəs] 美 ['boʊɡəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.假的;伪造的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The telegram turned out to have been bogus. (2) Everything else was bogus, only money was genuine. (3) Bogus payslips are produced along with faked time-cards and workers are drilled on the correct answers to questions. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 电报原来是假的。 (2) 什么也是假的,只有钱是真的。 (3) 伪造的工资单和假的工作时间卡一并俱全,工人们还练习了被问问题时的正确答案。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Bogus means fake—a bogus dollar bill is counterfeit, a bogus Renoir was not painted by him, a bogus attempt at reconciliation would come from someone who never intended to end a fight. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Perhaps appropriately, the word bogus originated in the US. Coined as a name for a machine that printed counterfeit money, it later became a trademark term among California surfers. In surfer speak, "totally bogus, dude" would describe any unfortunate situation. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]假的;冒牌的;伪造的 If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.
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