Word · Frequency #23877
untruth
谎言;假话
核心释义
A lie or falsehood.
- 1.
谎言或假话。
A lie or falsehood.
- 2.
虚假的状态;不真实。
The condition of being false; truthlessness.
虚假;不真实;谎言或假话。;虚假的状态;不真实。;不真实;虚假
用法In use
She told an untruth about where she had been yesterday.
用法提示:untruth 在此为可数名词,意为“谎言”,作 tell 的宾语。
His speech was full of untruths, and the audience quickly lost trust.
用法提示:untruths 为复数形式,在此作 be full of 的宾语,指“众多谎言”。
The untruth was discovered after a quick investigation.
用法提示:the untruth 作主语,为可数名词单数,指“那个谎言”。
tell an untruth
untruth 是 lie 的正式或委婉说法。
She told an untruth about her whereabouts.
她对自己的行踪说了谎。
spread untruths
The politician was accused of spreading untruths.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- tell an untruth
- 说假话;撒谎(委婉说法)
- She would rather tell an untruth than hurt someone's feelings.她宁愿说假话也不愿伤害别人的感情。
- spread untruths
- 散布谣言;传播不实之词
- The article spread untruths about the company's finances.那篇文章散布了关于该公司财务状况的不实之词。
- a tissue of untruths
- 连篇谎话;一派不实之词
- His testimony was dismissed as a tissue of untruths.他的证词被认定为一派不实之词而不予采信。
- deliberate untruth
- 故意编造的假话;蓄意谎言
- The advertisement contained a deliberate untruth about the product's safety.这则广告在产品安全方面包含了一个故意编造的假话。
- blatant untruth
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 un- 想成“不”,truth 是“真相”,untruth 就是“不真相”,说出来便是谎言。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal writing、news reports、political discourse untruth 通常多用于正式或委婉表达,比较常见于书面语、新闻报道或政治讨论中,可指“谎言”,也可指“不真实”的状态。
语法说明Grammar Note
Plural: untruths.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词与 untruth /ʌnˈtruːθ/ 押韵(都以 /uːθ/ 结尾):truth, tooth, booth, sleuth, uncouth。注意:booth 在美式英语中读 /buːθ/。untrue /ʌnˈtruː/ 拼写相近但以元音结尾,不押韵;smooth /smuːð/ 以 /ð/ 结尾,也不押韵。uncouth 与 untruth 都有 un- 拼写,但意思无关。
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