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a falsehood
falsehood 作为可数名词，常与不定冠词连用。
He was caught in a falsehood during the interview.
他在面试中被发现说了谎言。
谎言；假话
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谎言；假话
a false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie
He was caught in a falsehood during the interview.
他在面试中被发现说了谎言。
The property of being false.
虚假陈述
a false statement
A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
通过欺诈性更改(文件或措施等)或伪造使某物变假的行为
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
Spreading a falsehood can damage someone's reputation.
传播谎言会损害某人的声誉。
The politician's speech was full of falsehoods.
那位政治家的演讲充满了谎言。
He admitted that his earlier statement was a falsehood.
他承认自己先前的陈述是虚假的。
falsehood 作为可数名词，常与不定冠词连用。
He was caught in a falsehood during the interview.
他在面试中被发现说了谎言。
动词 tell 常与 falsehood 搭配，表示‘说谎’。
She told a falsehood to avoid punishment.
她为了逃避惩罚说了谎。
复数形式 falsehoods 常与 spread 连用，指散布多个谎言。
The politician spread falsehoods about his opponent.
那位政客散布关于对手的谎言。
Not this
He told a false.
Use this
He told a falsehood.
False 是形容词，不能直接作名词；表示“谎言”的名词应为 falsehood。
Not this
He always tells falsehood.
Use this
He always tells falsehoods.
Falsehood 是可数名词，表示多次谎言时应用复数形式 falsehoods。
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说假话；撒谎
He told a falsehood about where he had been last night.
他对自己昨晚去了哪里撒了谎。
散布谎言；传播虚假信息
They spread falsehoods about their competitors to gain an advantage.
他们散布关于竞争对手的虚假信息以获取优势。
厚颜无耻的谎言
His denial was a barefaced falsehood that fooled no one.
他的否认是厚颜无耻的谎言，没有人会相信。
真实与虚假；真伪
The judge must decide between truth and falsehood in the case.
法官必须对案件中的真伪作出判断。
蓄意的虚假陈述；故意谎言
The article contains a deliberate falsehood about the company's finances.
这篇文章包含一处关于公司财务状况的蓄意虚假陈述。
揭穿谎言；揭露虚假
The investigation exposed a falsehood in the mayor's campaign promises.
调查揭露了市长竞选承诺中的虚假之处。
谎言飞驰，真相跛足随后。
This famous observation about falsehood comes from Jonathan Swift's 1710 essay, where he warns that a lie spreads quickly while the truth lags behind.
这句关于虚假的名言出自乔纳森·斯威夫特1710年的文章，他告诫人们谎言传播迅速，而真相则姗姗来迟。
虚假有无数种组合，而真理只有一种存在方式。
This philosophical reflection on falsehood by Jean-Jacques Rousseau points out that lies can take countless forms, whereas truth remains single and constant.
让-雅克·卢梭对虚假的哲学思考指出，谎言可以有无数种形式，而真理则单一且恒定。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
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记忆：false（假）+ hood（兜帽）→ 戴兜帽遮脸说假话，即 falsehood（谎言）。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary texts、legal documents falsehood 多用于正式或书面语境，可表示“谎言/假话”或“虚假”，也可在法律语境中指“伪造、篡改”。日常口语中更常用 lie 或 not true。
falsehood /ˈfælsˌhʊd/ 词尾为 -hood，读作 /hʊd/。childhood、neighborhood、livelihood、boyhood 拼写和读音都含 -hood /hʊd/；would /wʊd/ 和 good /ɡʊd/ 与 /hʊd/ 押韵，但没有 -hood。注意 false /fɔːls/、falsify /ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ/ 等与 falsehood 拼写相关，但读音不同。
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