phoneys

英 [ˈfəʊniz]

美 [ˈfoʊniz]

n.  不诚实的人; 冒充的人(或东西); 冒牌货
phoney的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 伪造的；假的
  If you describe something asphoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine.
  1. He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...
     他找了某个她根本不会相信的借口给她打电话。
  2. He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney...
     他并没有真的长胡子，那是假的。
  3. He used a phoney accent.
     他的口音是装出来的。
• ADJ-GRADED 虚伪的；做作的
  If you say that someone isphoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people.
  1. He looks totally phoney to me.
     在我看来，他非常虚伪。
  2. ...phoney 'experts'.
     伪专家
  3. Phoneyis also a noun.
     
  4. 'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.
     “他是冒充的，是个骗子，”哈里咕哝道。

双语例句

• Consequently you will have to learn to say no rather more often, and to spot the phoneys and envy that usually appear.
  因此，你将不得不学会比以前更多地说“不”，并学会鉴别通常会出现的骗子和嫉妒心。