Word · Frequency #13965
sham
假货；赝品；冒牌货
a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine; a counterfeit
- 1.
A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
赝品；冒充真品的仿制品。
- 2.
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
假冒的东西；不是表面看起来那样的
- 3.
Trickery, hoaxing.
欺骗,欺诈。
- 4.
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
做出欺骗性伪装的人；骗子
- 5.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
假面,或可拆卸的装饰性覆盖物。
- 6.
A decorative cover for a pillow.
枕头的装饰套。
骗子；冒充者；欺骗；骗局；假门面；装饰性外罩；装饰枕套；赝品；冒充真品的仿制品。
In use
The designer bag turned out to be a sham, made from cheap materials.
His apology was a sham because he repeated the same mistake the next day.
The 'gold' coins they sold online were shams.
Connections
Collocations
- pillow sham
- 装饰性枕套
- The bed was made up with matching pillow shams.床上铺着配套的装饰枕套。
- sham marriage
- 虚假婚姻
- They entered a sham marriage to obtain citizenship.他们为了获得国籍而假结婚。
- sham trial
- 虚假审判
- The dictator staged a sham trial for his opponents.独裁者对其反对者进行了一场虚假审判。
- complete sham
- 彻头彻尾的骗局
- The whole story turned out to be a complete sham.整个故事结果是个彻头彻尾的骗局。
- sham transaction
- 虚假交易
- The company used sham transactions to hide its losses.该公司利用虚假交易掩盖亏损。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：sham 末尾藏着 am（“是”），可它偏偏是假货——看到 am 别轻信“我是真的”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、everyday conversations about fraud or fakes sham 作名词时通常指假货、骗局或冒充者，多用于正式或书面语境，如新闻评论和政论文章；在日常口语中虽不如 fake 常用，但用来强调某事物完全是伪装时也自然。总体属于中性偏正式的表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 sham /ʃæm/ 押韵（/æm/）的有 ham、jam、clam、slam、dam。注意 shame /ʃeɪm/ 拼写相近但发 /eɪm/，与 sham 不押韵。
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。
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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