sham

[ʃæm]

n.假, 赝品, 骗子, 枕头套
adj.假的, 伪造的
v.假装, 学样子

n.

1. 欺骗; 骗局[S]

Their independence was a sham.

他们的独立是一个骗局。

2. 虚伪; 假装[U]

3. 假的东西, 赝品[C][S1]

4. 假冒者, 骗子[C]

5. (摆设用的)绣花枕套(或床罩)[C]

a.[Z]

1. 虚假的, 假装的

2. 仿造的, 劣质的

3. 模拟的

vt.

1. 假装, 佯作

2. 冒充, 仿制

vi.

装假

词形变化

名词: shammer | 动词过去式: shammed | 动词过去分词: shammed | 动词现在分词: shamming | 动词第三人称单数: shams |

词义辨析

同义:

n.瞒骗; 假货; 骗子

fraud  pretense  fake  mock  imitation  hoax  

同义参见:

delusion  vanity  assumed  deceptive  deceit  forgery  fictitious  factitious  pretext  pretend  colorable  outside  acting  

反义:

a.假的

real  

反义参见:

genuine  

英英释义

名词 sham:

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

同义词：fake, postiche

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

同义词：imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player

动词 sham:

make a pretence of

同义词：simulate, assume, feign

make believe with the intent to deceive

同义词：feign, pretend, affect, dissemble

形容词 sham:

adopted in order to deceive

同义词：assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on

补充

shamsham英:[ʃæm] 美:[ʃæm]n.1.欺骗; 假冒I'm a blunt straightforward man; I hate sham.我是个耿直坦率的人, 我讨厌虚伪。2.假货Are those real diamonds or only shams?那些是真钻石还是赝品?vt. & vi.1.假装He shammed angry.他假装生气。He is not really ill, he is shamming.他不是生病, 他在装病。

例句

1. Their independence is a sham.他们的独立是一种假象。 2. The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham.有人揭发政府的承诺不过是些空洞的假话。 3. a sham friendship/marriage/illness假装的友谊/婚姻/疾病 4. He made a point of shamming nervousness.他总是假装神经兮兮的样子。 5. shamming injury假装受伤 6. They visited him every day during his illness to make sure he wasn't shamming.他生病期间他们每天都去看他, 是为了确保他没在装病。 7. to sham Scotch whisky造假苏格兰威士忌酒 8. to sham illness装病 9. to sham dead装死 10. our current free health service is a sham.我们当今的免费医疗服务是虚假的。 11. 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。 12. a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage.安排假婚姻的牧师。 13. was he ill or was he shamming?.他是病了，还是装病？。 14. she shams indifference.她假装很冷淡。 15. [no obj., with complement]the opossum escapes danger by shamming dead.负鼠通过装死来逃离危险。 16. He claims that the trial was a sham.他声称这审判是一场骗局。 17. Their marriage was a sham.他们的婚姻是一场骗局。 18. "Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham."很多人都以为他会帮助他们，但我知道他是个骗子。 19. She exposed their sham and hypocrisy.她揭露了他们的虚假和伪善。 20. sham marriages虚假的婚姻 21. sham pearls假珍珠 22. a sham doctor冒牌医生 23. She wasn't really hurt; she was only shamming.她当时并没有真的受伤，只是假装而已。 24. He was shamming illness to avoid work.他装病以逃避工作。