sham
英 [ʃæm]
美[ʃæm]
- n. 假装；骗子；赝品
- vt. 假装；冒充
- vi. 假装；佯装
- adj. 假的；虚假的；假装的
- n. (Sham)人名；(英、印、毛里塔)沙姆
词态变化
复数: shams;第三人称单数: shams;过去式: shammed;过去分词: shammed;现在分词: shamming;
助记提示
sham→shame(n. 羞耻)→造假者应感到羞耻
中文词源
sham 假象，伪装
可能来自 Proto-Germanic*skamo,遮盖，隐藏，来自 PIE*skem,遮盖，隐藏，词源同 hide,shame. 引申词义假象，伪装等。
英英释意
- 1. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- 2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
英文词源
- sham
- sham: see shame
- sham (n.)
- 1670s, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," also as a verb and an adjective, of uncertain origin; the words burst into use in 1677. Perhaps from sham, a northern dialectal variant of shame (n.); a derivation OED finds "not impossible." Sense of "something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." Related: Shammed; shamming; shammer. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896.
同义词辨析
sham, fake
这两个名词均表示"冒牌货"之意。
sham： 指可以以假乱真的东西，尤指明显的欺骗。
fake： 通常指没有价值的冒牌货或代用品，但目的不一定全是为骗人。
考试真题
- It's an administrative sham ( ' , 欺诈) of the kind that has multiplied over the last 30 years.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- It's an administrative sham of the kind that has multiplied over the last 30 years.
2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
实用场景例句
- The latest crime figures are a complete sham.
- 最新的犯罪统计数字完全是捏造的。
牛津词典
- Their promises turned out to be full of sham and hypocrisy.
- 他们的许诺到头来全是空的、骗人的。
牛津词典
- a sham marriage
- 假结婚
牛津词典
- Is he really sick or is he just shamming?
- 他真病了，还是装的？
牛津词典
- The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham...
- 实情被揭穿了:政府的承诺原来是空洞的谎言。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham.
- 许多国家的领导人已经指责这次大选弄虚作假。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The information the job must be a sham, the company isn't exist.
- 这个工作信息肯定是假的, 这个公司根本就不存在.
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- I've lent myself to this government's suicidal sham.
- 我一直替这个政府的自杀性骗局卖力.
辞典例句
- The first case against Mr Khodorkovsky and his former business partner, Platon Lebedev, was a sham.
- 第一次针对霍多尔科夫斯基和他以前的商业伙伴普拉东.列别捷夫(PlatonLebedev)的审判, 是一场闹剧.
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- A blog about our homes at Sham Wan Towers.
- 一个属于家在深湾轩的部落格.
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- Our dog will sham lameness if he wants to be picked up.
- 我们的狗想要抱的时候就会装跛.
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- Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.
- 它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装.
辞典例句
- To a footbridge, which will be accessible from Sham Mong Road and Hing Wah Street West.
- 政府将于深旺道及兴华街西的交界处兴建该行人天桥.
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- Perhaps give the identity attestation, in case sham.
- 或者给予身份认证, 以防假冒.
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- Anyway, our motto is: " Let the people who do not sham become a hypocrite. "
- 总之, “ 让不会装的装起来,让会装的装得更好 ” 是我们的口号.
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- She regarded the whole war as a sham.
- 她认为整个战争都是假的.
辞典例句
- Effectiveness of acupuncture, either verum or sham, was almost twice that of conventional therapy.
- 针刺(无论是“真穴”还是“假穴”)----其治疗效果几乎是(西医)常规方法的二倍.
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- His love was a mere sham.
- 他的爱情是虚假的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Even both sham and brazen can not describe those people.
- 虚伪还有无耻都不屑来形容他们!
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- They cunningly played the game of sham peace.
- 他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏.
《简明英汉词典》
- What he says is all sham.
- 他所说的全是托辞.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- However, the Palestinian leadership has dismissed the move as a sham.
- 然而, 巴勒斯坦的领导层,却认为这是以色列虚假的行为.
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- I'm a blunt straightforward man; I hate sham.
- 我是个耿直坦率的人, 我讨厌虚伪.
《简明英汉词典》
- The agreement was a sham; nobody intended to keep to it.
- 这个协议是假的, 没有人想遵守它.
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- There is strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham.
- 有一种盛行的观点认为,成功是一种神话, 因此抱负亦属虚幻.
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- With all its sham , drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
- 尽管我们周围有许多坎坷沧桑和破碎的梦, 这仍然是一个美好的世界.
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