| 单词 | spurious |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['spjuəriəs] |
| 解释 | a.假的；伪造的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.假的(false)；伪造的(falsified；f orged) 【考】 反义词：genuine(真 正的) 【记】 来自spuria(伪造的作 品)＋ous 【例】 spurious coins(伪币) |
| 字源 | spurious (adj.) 1590s, "born out of wedlock," from Latin spurius "illegitimate, false" (source also of Italian spurio, Spanish espurio), from spurius (n.) "illegitimate child," probably from Etruscan spural "public." Sense of "having an irregular origin, not properly constituted" is from c.1600; that of "false, sham" is from 1610s; of writing, etc., "not proceeding from the source pretended, 1620s. Related: Spuriously; spuriousness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. (本质上或起源上)假的, 伪造的 = false; 私生的 【记】spur马刺, ious多: 很多马刺里肯定有假的. 【反】genuine = authentic(adj 真正的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】s死 + pure 纯洁，纯真 + s 死，年纪一大，纯真已死，只余虚假 |
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