untruth

英 [ˌʌnˈtruːθ]

美 [ˌʌnˈtruːθ]

n.  (lie的委婉说法)妄语，诳语，假话; 虚伪; 虚假; 不真实

复数：untruths　

TEM8

BNC.23877 / COCA.24148

牛津词典

noun

• （lie的委婉说法）妄语，诳语，假话
  a lie. People often say untruth to avoid saying lie .
• 虚伪；虚假；不真实
  the state of being false

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 诳语；谎言；假话
  Anuntruthis a lie.
  1. The Advertising Standards Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths...
     广告标准管理局控告房地产代理商使用无耻的谎言。
  2. I have never uttered one word of untruth.
     我从未说过一句假话。

英英释义

noun

• a false statement
  Synonym:falsehoodfalsity

双语例句

• The Advertising Standards Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths
  广告标准管理局控告房地产代理商使用无耻的谎言。
• As the riots spread across London and the rest of the country over the last few days, Twitter has been awash with rumour, exaggeration and downright untruth alongside people spreading useful news.
  在前几日横扫伦敦和英国大部地区的骚乱发生时，围脖上在传播有用的新闻的同时，也在传播着夸大的传言和十足的谣言。
• He believes the answers untruth in the obligate of gravity.
  他相信答案藏在重力的力量之中。
• Curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth.
  曲面镜不是用来产生真实影像，而是用来产生幻影的流行器件。
• On the other hand, there is surely such a thing as untruth.
  另一方面，慌言这种东西肯定是存在的。
• She wasn't very convinced about the nice distinction between a lie and the untruth.
  对于谎言和不诚实之间的细微差别，她还不十分确信。
• Gossip ( usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
  口头传播的闲话（通常有真实的也有不真实的）。
• When we say that beauty is everywhere we do not mean that the word ugliness should be abolished from our language, just as it would be absurd to say that there is no such thing as untruth.
  正如说“世上没有谎言”是荒唐的一样，当我们说美无处不在时，并不是指就不应该再提丑陋了。
• The untruth of this statement was immediately clear to me.
  这份声明的虚假性我立刻就明白了。
• I have never uttered one word of untruth.
  我从未说过一句假话。