specious是什么意思,specious怎么读


specious基本信息

读法:英 ["spiːʃəs] 美 ["spiʃəs]

释义:

  • adj. 似是而非的;外表美观的;华而不实的;徒有其表的
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    英英释义

    Adjective:

  • plausible but false;"a specious claim"
    "spurious inferences"
  • based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
    "meretricious praise"
    "a meretricious argument"
  • 中英词源

    specious 徒有其表的,华而不实的,似是而非的

    来自拉丁语 speciosus,好看的,漂亮的,炫耀的,假装的,来自 specere,观看,注视,词源同 spectate,spectacle,conspicuous.后词义贬义化。

    specious (adj.)
    late 14c., "pleasing to the sight, fair," from Latin speciosus "good-looking, beautiful, fair," also "showy, pretended, plausible, specious," from species "appearance, form, figure, beauty" (see species). Meaning "seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so; superficially fair, just, or correct" in English is first recorded 1610s. Related: Speciously; speciosity; speciousness.

    词态变化

    权威造句

    1. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
    公爵不太可能相信这种似是而非的论点。

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. Such talk is actually specious and groundless.
    这些话实际上毫无根据,似是而非的.

    来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    3. He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen mustlive as the world lives.
    他用似是而非的遁词为他的教义作辩护,说政治家必须象世人那样活着.

    来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

    4. His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.
    他的声音还是那么温和,甚至有点谦卑.

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    5. He deserves credit for resisting specious gambles in September.
    他在九月间抵制了一些似是而非的冒险行动,这是值得称赞的.

    来自辞典例句

    近反义词

  • colorable 可着色的
  • spurious 假的
  • false 假的
  • hollow 空的
  • erroneous 错误的
  • baseless 无根据的
  • inaccurate 不准确的
  • unfounded 无事实根据的...
  • fallacious 使人误解的
  • phony 假的
  • phoney 假的
  • sham 假
  • bogus 假的
  • incorrect 不正确的
  • untrue 不真实的
  • unsound 腐烂变质的
  • wrong 错误的
  • misleading 令人误解的
  • deceptive 骗人的
  • meretricious 华而不实的
  • gilded 镀金的
  • 相似短语

  • specious argument phr. 华而不实的论证
  • specious reasoning 泛指乍看起来很有道理, 实际却犯有逻辑错误的推理;似是而非的推理
  • 单词分析

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    记忆方法

    1. 看上去的,华而不实的。

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