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1. Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit: a phony credit card; a phony beard. 2. Spurious, deceptive, or false: a phony excuse. 3. Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest: a phony expert in investing.
It's the backstory of phony that deserves our attention. Phony (which dates from the early 1900s) is believed to be an alteration of the British fawney, the word for a gilded brass ring used in a confidence game calle...
That man is a total phony, he palms himself off as a Ph . d. 那家伙是个彻彻底底的冒牌货, 他冒称是个博士. 《简明英汉词典》
Definition of phony noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a group can hide behind a phony name like 「citizens for a better future,」 even if a more accurate name would be 「corporations for weaker oversight. 這樣的團體可以藏在像“美好未來公民聯合」的虛假名字后面，即使更確切的名字可能是「更松散監管促進公司」。
不誠實的人，冒充的人（或東西），冒牌貨 近義詞：dissembler, pretender, fake 近義詞： dissembler, pretender, fake
将“phony"翻译成中文.例句：What else did you cover up living under a phony name? ↔ 你 用 假名字 还 掩盖 了 些 什么 别的?
phony（或拼作phoney）是英语中的形容词和名词，音标为英 [ˈfəʊni]/美 [ˈfoʊni]。 作形容词时意为"伪造的、虚伪的"，作名词时指"骗子、赝品"，属非正式用语。 其变体拼写"phoney"多见于英式英语，两者于20世纪中期被词典同时收录。
