be a phoney
常用于揭露某人真实面目。
He turned out to be a phoney.
结果他是个骗子。
虚伪的人；宣称持有自己并不相信的信念和观点以掩饰真实感受或动机。；骗子；假货；假冒者
a person who pretends to have beliefs or opinions they do not really hold, especially to hide their real feelings or motives
虚伪的人；宣称持有自己并不相信的信念和观点以掩饰真实感受或动机。
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
He turned out to be a phoney who only pretended to be a doctor.
他原来是个骗子，只是假装成医生。
用法提示：这里'phoney'用作名词，指冒充医生的人。
I can't stand phoneys who act nice but talk behind your back.
我受不了那些表面友好却在背后说坏话的虚伪之人。
用法提示：这里'phoneys'是复数名词，指虚伪的人。
She discovered her business partner was a phoney after he disappeared with the money.
她发现她的商业伙伴是个骗子，因为他卷款消失了。
用法提示：这里'phoney'作名词，指欺诈他人的人。
常用于揭露某人真实面目。
He turned out to be a phoney.
结果他是个骗子。
She called him a phoney in front of everyone.
她当众叫他骗子。
The journalist exposed the psychic as a phoney.
记者揭露那位灵媒是骗子。
最直接的对应词，强调表里不一、言行不一，常用于道德批评。
强调以欺骗获取利益或冒充身份，语气较重，可用于法律语境。
较口语化，指人或物不真实；用于人时强调‘装出来的’，语气较轻。
强调声称或假装拥有某种身份或权利，不一定涉及道德虚伪；例如‘王位觊觎者’。
特指冒充专家或内行的骗子，多用于医术、技能方面，语气较正式。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many phoney in the city.
正确表达There are many phoneys in the city.
“Phoney”是可数名词，复数形式为“phoneys”，不能像不可数名词一样直接使用原形。
grammar · medium
易错句子I think he is phoney.
正确表达I think he is a phoney.
作为可数名词表示“骗子”时，前面需要加冠词或限定词，不能单独作表语。
与 phoney（虚伪的人）相对，指言行一致、不伪装的人。
强调情感和态度真实，不虚假；与 phoney 的假装相反。
指表里如一、不造作的人，是 phoney 的直接反义。
指仿造品或冒充者，侧重物品的假冒；而phoney更强调人的虚伪或伪装，带有主观欺骗意图。
强调法律或道德上的欺诈行为，比phoney更正式，常用于指欺诈犯罪；phoney更口语化，指虚伪的人。
特指冒充他人身份的人，而phoney泛指任何虚伪或假冒的人，不一定是冒充他人。
彻头彻尾的伪君子
He was a complete phoney who only pretended to care about social justice.
他是个彻头彻尾的伪君子，只是假装关心社会正义。
有点虚伪的人
I always thought he was a bit of a phoney in public.
我一直觉得他在公开场合有点虚伪。
称某人为伪君子
She called him a phoney after he changed his story twice.
在他两次改口后，她称他为伪君子。
揭穿某人是伪君子
The documentary exposed the guru as a phoney.
这部纪录片揭穿了那位大师是伪君子。
识破伪君子
Experienced voters can spot a phoney in seconds.
有经验的选民能迅速识破伪君子。
掩盖真实情感或动机的伪装，与phoney的作假行为相关。
指故意呈现给外界的虚假表面，常用来描述phoney的作态。
phoney的核心特征，即说一套做一套。
制造假象的行为，phoney借此隐藏真实想法。
通过虚伪言行让别人误信其真实动机。
明显虚假的；极其虚伪的
He said he was a doctor, but everyone knew he was as phoney as a three-dollar bill.
他说自己是医生，但所有人都知道他假得离谱。
胡扯；鬼话
Don’t give me that phoney baloney about having worked all night.
别拿你整夜工作的鬼话来糊弄我。
虚假战争；虚张声势的敌对状态
During the phoney war, people were confused about whether they were really at war.
在虚假战争期间，人们搞不清自己是否真的在打仗。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.