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

• 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。
• Gossip ( usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
  口头传播的闲话（通常有真实的也有不真实的）。
• 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 applicant should undertake the law responsibility that result from providing untruth sample and untruth information.
  由于客户提供的样品及其信息不真实而导致的一切后均由客户负责。
• 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。
• I shall conquer untruth by truth.
  我会用真理战胜谬误。
• 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。
• I see it as purely benevolent, for I can see that in the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the middle of darkness light persists.
  我认为这是纯粹的仁慈，因为我可以看到，在一片死亡的生命存在，在一片谎言真理仍然存在，在黑暗中轻存在。
• There is truth, and there is untruth.
  那是真理，而那是谎言。
• There was truth and there was untruth.
  存在真理，亦存在谬误。