| 词汇 | apocryphal |
| 释义 | apocryphal adjective formaluk /əˈpɒk.rɪ.fəl/ us /əˈpɑː.krə.fəl/ An apocryphal story is probably not true although it is often told and believed by some people to have happened: （一些广为流传的故事）可疑的，不足为信的，杜撰的 an apocryphal story杜撰的故事 It's a good story but I dare say it's apocryphal.故事不错，但很可能是杜撰的。 True, real, false, and unreal actual actuality actually all that glitters is not goldidiom alternate reality false flag falsely fantastical fever dream fictional not so muchidiom nothing could be further from the truthidiom nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom parallel universe post-factual unreal untrue untruly unverifiable urban myth Examples of apocryphalapocryphal The stories preserved in apocryphal acta to this effect have usually been dismissed as romance. Some contributions are stimulating, scholarly and scientific while others are contentious or apocryphal. Like the apocryphal curate's egg, the book is fascinating reading in parts, stupefyingly dull in others. Although probably apocryphal, the story was given wide currency at the time. The cacophony of rumours, denunciations, apocryphal tales, sightings, clues and confessions that swept the streets - in many cases before police had even launched their investigation - only intensified the sentiment. There exist hundreds of these apocryphal stories. In both folk and punk/indie, this tendency has an elitist aspect, reproducing a central tenet of canonism - the distinction between authentic and apocryphal texts (the religious connotations seem apt). Eliot saw no religious difference between apocryphal scriptures and canonical ones. I am sure that that is apocryphal but it contains more than a grain of truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be matters which it keeps secret, in other words it is an apocryphal body. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These are often apocryphal stories, manufactured by people who are trying to make a bad case stand up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some are undoubtedly visionary, many are apocryphal, but we hope that at least the others will materialise in the near future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is best exemplified in a banner that may be apocryphal, but was seen in a demonstration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That story may be apocryphal and it is tempting to assume that things are not as bad as they were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was an apocryphal story, but that is possibly the maximum amount of delay which has occurred. 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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