sham

英 [ʃæm]

美 [ʃæm]

n.  假象; 假情假义; 伪善; 伪装; 假装…的人; 冒充者; 假冒者; 虚假的行为(或感情、言语等)
adj.  虚假的; 假装的
v.  假装; 冒充

复数：shams　现在分词：shamming　过去式：shammed　第三人称单数：shams　过去分词：shammed　

CET6考研GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13965 / COCA.12391

牛津词典

noun

• 假象；假情假义；伪善；伪装
  a situation, feeling, system, etc. that is not as good or true as it seems to be
  1. The latest crime figures are a complete sham.
     最新的犯罪统计数字完全是捏造的。
• 假装…的人；冒充者；假冒者
  a person who pretends to be sth that they are not
• 虚假的行为（或感情、言语等）；伪善
  behaviour, feelings, words, etc. that are intended to make sb/sth seem to be better than they really are
  1. 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。

adj.

• 虚假的；假装的
  not genuine but intended to seem real
  1. a sham marriage
     假结婚

verb

• 假装；冒充
  to pretend sth
  1. Is he really sick or is he just shamming?
     他真病了，还是装的？

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 假象;虚伪;虚假
  Something that is ashamis not real or is not really what it seems to be.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...sham marriages.
     假结婚

英英释义

noun

• something that is a counterfeit
  Synonym:fakepostiche
• a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  Synonym:imposterimpostorpretenderfakefakerfraudshammerpseudopseudrole player

verb

• make believe with the intent to deceive
  1. He feigned that he was ill
  2. He shammed a headache
  Synonym:feignpretendaffectdissemble
• make a pretence of
  1. She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
  2. he feigned sleep
  Synonym:simulateassumefeign

adj

• adopted in order to deceive
  1. an assumed name
  2. an assumed cheerfulness
  3. a fictitious address
  4. fictive sympathy
  5. a pretended interest
  6. a put-on childish voice
  7. sham modesty
  Synonym:assumedfalsefictitiousfictivepretendedput on

双语例句

• 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。
• They made a fortune through some sham property deal.
  他们通过一些子虚乌有的房地产交易赚了一大笔钱。
• He's been involved in making sham loans.
  他与发放虚假贷款一事有牵连。
• Their independence is a sham.
  他们的独立是虚假的。
• They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham.
  他们声称选举是公平的，但事实上这是个骗局。
• Their marriage was a sham, they never loved each other.
  他们的婚姻是个骗局，他们从没有彼此爱过。
• Our relationship was not "a sham" as is being reported in the press.
  我们的关系不是报纸报道所说的“一件赝品”。
• 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。
• He was always intolerant of sham, and she liked him for it.
  他一向疾恶虚伪，而她喜欢他的地方也就在这一点。
• Researchers used either acupuncture or sham acupuncture to reduce pain symptoms.
  研究者们用针刺或者假针刺来降低疼痛症状。