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

• Though how this man knows it was a sham, is a wonder of wonders to me.
  不过这个人究竟是怎么戳穿了骗局的，我觉得简直是奇迹中的奇迹。
• To crush the sham of life with empressement;
  用真诚粉碎生活中的虚伪；
• She had no shame of her sham and shameful words.
  她对自己虚伪的，可耻的话根本不感到羞耻。
• To crush the sham of life with gun.
  用枪支粉碎生涯中的虚假。
• Finding that sham acupuncture is as effective as real acupuncture demonstrates that the Qi theory is full of holes.
  「假针灸」与「真针灸」的效用相当，说明气的理论充满了漏洞。
• Group A included normal control, sham operated control and DBI group.
  组包括正常对照组、假手术组及DBI组。
• 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。
• To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we sham, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends.
  对那些在文化和精神方面跟我们同出一源的老盟友，我们保证给予忠实的朋友的忠诚。
• His love was a sham; he only wanted her money.
  他爱她是假的，他只想要她的钱。
• She's trapped in a sham marriage.
  她堕入了骗婚的圈套中。