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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All finite things involve an untruth: they have a notion and an existence, but their existence does not meet the requirements of the notion.
  但一切有限事物，自在地都具有一种不真实性，因为凡物莫不有其概念，有其存在，而其存在总不能与概念相符合。
• The Truth and Untruth of the Fact: Expression of Law Science and Judicial Practice
  事实的真实与非真实：法学的表达与司法的实践
• There was truth and there was untruth.
  存在真理，亦存在谬误。
• 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。
• You can, therefore, nail any talk about sending armies to Europe as deliberate untruth.
  所以，你们大可把任何关于出兵欧洲的传说斥为故意造谣。
• 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。
• Dear Ones, the end times are really under way, and as you lift your vibrations you will find that you are able to more easily discern between the truth and untruth.
  亲爱的，终结之期就要到了，由于你们在不断提升自己的振动，你们将发现自己能够更简单的分辨真相与假象。