| 单词 | false |
| 释义 | false false // adjective
1 wrong; not correct or true: She gave false information to the insurance company. false marketing claims He was accused of making false and misleading statements to shareholders. Their auditors approved the accounts knowing them to be false.
2 not genuine, but made to look real to deceive people: a false passport The trader was entering false trades for personal gain.
3 wrong, because it is based on sth that is not true or correct: Buying a cheap computer is a false economy (= will not actually save you money). Investors had been lulled into a false sense of security over these funds (= they thought that they were a safe investment, but they were not).
falsely adverb: to be falsely accused of sth They falsely claimed that the product was healthy. Management falsely inflated the firm's profits.
IDIOMS
by/under/on false pretences (AmE spelling false pretenses) by claiming that sth is true which is not, especially in order to gain some advantage for yourself: She was accused of obtaining money by false pretences. The insurance policies had been sold under false pretences. |
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