| 词汇 | mendacity |
| 释义 | mendacity noun[ U ] formaluk /menˈdæs.ə.ti/ us /menˈdæs.ə.t̬i/ the act of not telling the truth: 撒谎习惯;说谎 Politicians are often accused of mendacity.政客常被指责说谎成性。 Opposite veracityformal Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction lie mythologize perjure perjury polygraph someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper Examples of mendacitymendacity An industry that employs much carefully tempered mendacity will not be sensitive to its application to itself. He was ruthlessly honest and honestly outraged by mendacity. Constant accusations of conspiracies, mendacity, and cover-ups have dominated these disputes. What absorbs their attention, rather, is the putative mendacity of participants, who are the ultimate sources of information about the economy. Memoirs remain interesting even when we realize their mendacity or meretriciousness; for unlike sources or histories, and like novels, their persuasion lies in their portraiture. The milk-seller was pleased that he had succeeded in uncovering the mendacity of the jeweller and, turning to him, called him a liar and a cheat. Are we to start a competition in mendacity and corruption? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, our defence policy is a tissue of mendacity and make-believe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have read our newspapers, with their mendacity, malignancy and bigotry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He refers to the mechanics of the rabble-rouser, and to market place mendacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will you allow me to demonstrate the nonsense, the absolute mendacity, of that claim? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a body of persons containing some of the same people, but there may have been a fresh element of mendacity introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is protection for people who might fear some form of mendacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For two years he and those who think with him have been enveloped in a blinding mist of false information and mendacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The service has also borne the brunt of a propaganda campaign of despicable mendacity. 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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