| 词汇 | example_english_phoney |
| 释义 | Examples of phoneyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The war of words between the 'old enemies', played out on the wartime and immediate postwar political and media stages, was essentially a phoney war. When will the moment come when we feel like sticking plasters of protest onto all those phoney phrases? She is currently in the shell shocked but still "phoney war" stage. Women were responsible both for producing phoney accounts of the war and for popularizing them ; the inauthentic war-text derives from the sentimental female literary tradition so popular before the war. When the phoney contextualism of the colonial style came along the spell was broken and the diner manufacturers woke up to the real nature of their product. A far better target for a critique of phoney 'authenticity', for at least the mainstream of popular music, is that an artist has to be troubled. We all know this is a phoney parliament, but this demonstrates just how pointless it is. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In reality, a conditional censure is a phoney censure. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am referring first of all to the phoney debate on gelatine. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am quite deliberately saying product counterfeiter, rather than refer to a peddler of phoney products, which sounds very harsh. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Is it not very clear that if they do not agree to verification of the kind that is simple and right then they are phoneys—that's all, just phoneys? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hate these double negatives: they sound "phoney" to me, and in this particular case they always have done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told by some of the providers that there has been no phoney business and no bunching up of contracts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I referred to these "phoney" cars built in backyards, not to the general run of cars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With all respect to the motor industry, not all "phoney" cars are built in backyards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the trial he disastrously attempted to present a phoney alibi. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figures on increased spending are phoney figures—they completely ignore differential rates of price and wage inflation in the health service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one is dealing with people, this is a completely phoney idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, all competition, by its very nature, must be phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Albans that we do not believe at any stage that détente is a phoney matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that these are not "phoney" cuts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sharks and charlatans have made a great deal of money out of people's suffering by the sale of phoney devices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that on reflection he will admit that they are phoney cuts if in real terms the expenditure is rising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Equally, it has never been slow to recognise the phoney when it has seen it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am concerned about the provision of housing for single people, but that figure is slightly phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to the whole basis of the prices and incomes policy, which is phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that case, the entire debate on the question has been and will continue to be a "phoney". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are too many phoney arguments used by those who are against our joining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was suggesting that a phoney planning application might be put in merely to delay the position and escape the imposition of the surcharge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I turn now to the matter of phoney charities as referred to in the interview. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One example of high-powered sales techniques is phoney or misleading advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Really, we must get away from that "phoney" histrionic nonsense, and come back to what is the real issue here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How do you prevent a company from having some sort of phoney deferred pay system in order to get round the £6 limit? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all the phoney sunshine words that we heard from her about the peak of rising prices being reached, we see prices continuing to rise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely the time has now come to grasp this crisis situation more realistically, and move out of the phoney emergency into the real emergency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer is that consumers will be fully protected against phoney guarantees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cameras can make the phoney look truthful, and the truthful shifty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had far too many of these entirely "phoney" arguments from the other side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His argument about credit restraint strikes me as being thoroughly "phoney" in its entirety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the light of his rate increases, is not his phoney and misleading talk about nil or low single-figure rate increases a sick joke? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was not pushing forward a "phoney" case of any kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us set aside the phoney nonsense of the regulations, the organisation and the planning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not spend our resources on phoney activities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not doubt that there will be phoney objections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is false comparisons with proper recommended prices; the second is comparisons with "phoney" recommended prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has he any evidence, since he said that the goods were unnamed, of counterfeiting of brand names on these phoney dressings? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were both "phoney" articles, and very bad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be no longer a "phoney" war period for starting up from scratch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone knows that it is a phoney war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I accept and respect that, but it is wrong and phoney to say that it cannot be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She continues to offer us phoney figures about the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can most gratefully and most emphatically back his statement that it certainly was not "a phoney war" at sea during those months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had to get out of the period of the "phoney war" by learning the realities of the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument was phoney, but it was used by some doctors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The phoney show that he is putting on is amazing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always find the cries of "press freedom" phoney and false. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he, rather than repeat this jargon, trust his instinct and accept that the true discussions in these matters is of politics, not phoney economies? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we discover, years later, that the figures were all phoney anyway, and that this particular piece of self-flagellation was to some degree unnecessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing about titles is pretty phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no longer this phoney basis for our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, are we to understand that this is to be a genuine productivity agreement and not a "phoney" productivity agreement? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know there have been phoney productivity agreements; we have all seen them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are putting up a most phoney fight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second kind of malpractice—the quotation of "phoney" recommended prices—is another matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A "phoney" productivity deal can be very dangerous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am referring to business expenses generally, and the argument about subsistence is a "phoney" argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know how phoney that kind of argument is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Did he say as the gold reserves went up that there was something "phoney" about this? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hundreds of thousands of pounds are taken out of people's pockets by these "phoney" clinics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could change in such a way that a phoney situation could be manufactured to enable people to get what they want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The "phoney" charity does not get away with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He then tries to sell some kind of phoney and perhaps unnecessary piece of apparatus at considerable expense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had a vast increase in the number of trade unions, many of them "phoney" unions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, there is a lot of phoney talk about the effect that wage increases to the workers of this country have had upon our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether we look at this operation from the logistic or from any other point of view, it was a "phoney"operation from the word"go". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tenants are concerned mainly about neglected maintenance and inflated and sometimes phoney service charges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Generally, touts would give a phoney address and it would not be possible to trace them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am trying to prove that the sooner we get away from these"phoney"economic arguments, the better. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that it was a phoney war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To claim that the council has been done down and is not being treated fairly is completely "phoney". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble is that this election of members has a kind of phoney air about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, a phoney border was drawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is not the least doubt that the arguments about personal freedom are phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without these tools there will be "phoney" sprints for growth and recurrent balance of payment difficulties, and unemployment will be sought as the cure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask for a cessation of the constant "phoney" cutting down of the existing week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequences of a phoney stimulus would be just as damaging for our economy as a prolonged recession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consumers have practically no protection—they have a phoney consumers' council. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, we shall merely have a phoney consultative document. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, the whole suggestion is a phoney one for the sake of secrecy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have just listened to was just a "phoney" act for publicity purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other type of "phoney" recommended price is the one which is not generally promulgated but which is made to a limited range of retailers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, all this has led to a great deal of double talk—the phoney productivity agreements, the promises which never come off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course everyone is using a "phoney" argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would describe this afternoon's debate as a little more than just "phoney"; it is a disgraceful debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the same, it is important to put on record just how "phoney" the argument is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument that the economic situation demands the introduction of these charges is phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My experience is that most of the share ownership schemes in private industry are completely phoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps we, in our turn, could have a period devoted to "phoney" points of order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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