sham是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)pillow sham枕头饰套

双语例句

(1)The leader is totally confused about the funding sham.

这位领导对这种资金骗局完全摸不着头脑。

(2)The sham diamonds are thrown away by him.

假钻石被他扔掉了。

(3)This reporter shammd as a customer and got into the store successfully.

这个记者假装成一名顾客，成功地进入了那家商店。

(4)Woody didn't win anything and this is a total sham.

伍迪根本没中奖 这是个弥天大谎

(5)His love was a mere sham; what he really wanted was her money.

他的爱情完全是虚假的，他真正要的是她的钱。

(6)The latest crime figures are a complete sham.

最新的犯罪统计数字完全是捏造的。

(7)The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham.

政府的承诺被揭露为一个空洞的谎言。

(8)There are rumours that their marriage is a sexless sham.

传言说他们根本没有性生活，婚姻只是徒具虚名。

(9)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。

同义词

n. 假装；骗子；赝品

vt. 假装；冒充

vi. 假装；佯装

adj. 假的；虚假的；假装的

同根词

词根 sham

(1)shammer n. 骗子；撒谎者；欺诈者；冒充者

单词辨析

冒牌货

(1)sham 指可以以假乱真的东西，尤指明显的欺骗。

(2)fake 通常指没有价值的冒牌货或代用品，但目的不一定全是为骗人。

释义

n.

a thing that is not what it is purported to be

假冒物，赝品；假象

our current free health service is a sham.

我们当今的免费医疗服务是虚假的。

[mass noun]pretence

假装；虚伪。

a person who pretends to be someone or something they are not

假冒者；骗子

he was a sham, totally unqualified for his job as a senior doctor.

他是一个骗子，完全胜任不了高级医师的职务。

N. Amer. short for PILLOW SHAM.

〈北美〉 PILLOW SHAM的简称。

adj.

bogus; false

仿造的；虚假的

a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage.

安排假婚姻的牧师。

v.

falsely present something as the truth

假装，佯作

was he ill or was he shamming?

他是病了，还是装病？

[with obj.]pretend to be or to be experiencing

装作是

she shams indifference

她假装很冷淡

[no obj., with complement]the opossum escapes danger by shamming dead.

负鼠通过装死来逃离危险。

词源

"late 17th cent.: perhaps a northern English dialect variant of the noun SHAME."

考纲分布

近9年出现1次

重要程度: 3星

100%; n 欺诈

考纲释义

( 1)n. 欺诈

真题例句：

It's an administrative sham (欺诈) of the kind that has multiplied over the last 30 years.

这是一个在过去30年里成倍增加的行政欺诈。[2016年 CET4 阅读理解C]

(1)Hold on, you actually want me to deceive your father with some sort of sham playacting and kissing? 'Cause I'm good with that.

等一下，你真的想让我用我的演技和吻功来瞒过你老爸吗？我可是这方面的高手。《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》