Word
pseud
noun
假装高人一等的人,假内行
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
贬义
- 1.
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
假装的人
假装的人;假装高人一等的人;假内行
In use
He's such a pseud, always name-dropping artists he's never actually studied.
The art gallery was full of pseuds pretending to understand abstract expressionism.
Don't let that pseud fool you with his fancy jargon.
be a pseud
用作主语补足语,表示某人假装内行。
He is such a pseud when it comes to art.
在艺术方面,他真是个假内行。
call someone a pseud
宾语补足语结构,指责某人是假内行。
They called him a pseud after his failed lecture.
在他失败的讲座后,他们叫他假内行。
dismiss someone as a pseud
介词as引导宾语补足语,表示轻蔑地认为某人不懂装懂。
The critics dismissed her as a pseud.
评论家们把她当作假内行而不予理会。
Common mistakes
He is a pseud scholar.He is a pseudo scholar.
“pseud”是名词,意为“假内行”,不能直接修饰名词;应使用形容词“pseudo”表示“假装的”。
He wrote under a pseud.He wrote under a pseudonym.
“pseud”指“假装内行的人”,不是“笔名”的缩写;表示“假名”应用“pseudonym”。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
可数名词,指假装内行的人
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