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

• He never told an untruth in his life.
  他有生以来从来没有说过一句假话。
• There was truth and there was untruth.
  存在真理，亦存在谬误。
• If an employer discovers it has taken on a trade union activist or a pregnant woman despite being told otherwise in interview, that untruth is unlikely to convince a tribunal that a sacking is fair.
  如果雇主发现自己雇用的是一个工会维权人士或一个怀孕妇女，尽管在面试中，雇主听到的是另一番情况，但是，雇员没说实话也不能让法院认定解雇是公平的。
• A "white lie" is a harmless untruth, while "white magic" is good magic.
  “小谎”是无恶意的谎言，而“乞灵于天使的白法术”是好戏法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The untruth has been brought home to him.
  对那谎言他已深信不疑。
• There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
  有真理，就有非真理，如果你坚持真理；哪怕全世界都不同意你，你也没有发疯。
• But it is always hard to convince men and women of the truth when they have been convinced of an untruth by a person who is dogmatic in their way of speaking.
  当人们已听信有人将谎言当作真理，以他们接受的方式传讲给他们，要说服他们接受真理，终非易事。