Word · Frequency #15243
phoneys
伪君子；虚伪的人
phoneys is the plural of phoney.
核心释义
a person who pretends to have beliefs or opinions they do not really hold, especially to hide their real feelings or motives
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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
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
用法In use
He turned out to be a phoney who only pretended to be a doctor.
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.
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.
用法提示：这里'phoney'作名词，指欺诈他人的人。
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。
call sb a phoney
She called him a phoney in front of everyone.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a complete phoney
- 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。
- a bit of a phoney
- 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。
- call someone a phoney
- 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。
- expose someone as a phoney
- 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。
- spot a phoney
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个人拿着手机（phone）假装打电话，其实在装样子——phoney 就是虚伪的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：informal conversation、criticism of someone's character 这个义项通常用于日常口语或非正式场合，带有贬义，指某人表里不一、假装持有某种信念；正式书面语中较少出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 phoney 押韵的词有 pony、Tony、stony、bony，均以 /əʊni/ 结尾。注意 money、honey 拼写以 -oney 结尾，但发音分别为 /ˈmʌni/、/ˈhʌni/，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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