| 词汇 | phony |
| 释义 | phony adjective informaldisapproving(UK alsophoney)us/ˈfoʊ.ni/uk /ˈfəʊ.ni/phonier | phoniest not sincere or not real: All salespeople seem to have the same phony smile. He gave the police a phony address. Synonyms bogus fake false(NOT TRUE) Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial forced forcedly fustian glib glibly ponce ponce about/around posey preciously preciousness superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality theatrically tokenism You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Faking & pretending phony | American Dictionaryphony adjective us/ˈfoʊ·ni/ represented as real but actually false; intended to deceive: They were accused of submitting phony claims to insurers, including Medicare. phony noun[ C ] infmlus/ˈfoʊ·ni/ a person who falsely pretends to be something: I think he’s a phony. Examples of phonyphony When someone responded by playing a 'phony role' (one of his favourite pejorative terms), he acted bored or irritated, rolling his eyes in mock frustration or disbelief. After this, we should stop the phony peace and face the unpleasant realities of our economic situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that people regard the quota as being in any way "phony". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But what world does it so present, the real one or a phony one of its own inventing? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other is totally phony, based upon ignorance of what happens in industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument about staff associations is artificial and phony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It only goes to show what phonies they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will have to search the house, acting on infor- mation which in the first instance could have been phony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, it would not go down too well alongside their phony advertisements on dole queues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He consoled himself with the great improvement that had taken place over the last ten years—a singularly "phony" argument, it seems to me, in dealing with a contemporary crisis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We stopped the phony war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not thinking of profit-sharing, which is frequently "phony"—and profit is, in any case, not the sole criterion of success, or indeed the best. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The movie version overflows with affection and good intention, but unwittingly turns a bauble of cheerful fakery into something that mostly feels phony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The methods used to dupe innocent consumers includes photocopying labels, creating different and phony chateaux names on the capsule and the label. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1994, he was found guilty of welfare fraud for operating a phony billing scheme. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of phony 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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