spurious
英 ['spjʊərɪəs]***美 ['spjʊrɪəs]
助记提示
1. s- (谐音“似、失”) + pur- (pure => pur-) + -ious => spurious: 似乎是纯真的但实际上不是(以假乱真)、失去纯真的----假的、伪造的。
2. 谐音“失pure、失pure的”.
3. 伪相关(spurious correlation).
中文词源
spurious 虚假的，伪造的来自拉丁语 spurius,非婚生的，私生的，杂种的，来自 spurcus,低劣的，卑贱的，来自 PIE*spregh, 播洒，播种，词源同 sperm,精子，精液。引申词义虚假的，伪造的。
中文词源
- spurious (adj.)
- 1590s, "born out of wedlock," from Latin spurius "illegitimate, false" (source also of Italian spurio, Spanish espurio), from spurius (n.) "illegitimate child," probably from Etruscan spural "public." Sense of "having an irregular origin, not properly constituted" is from c. 1600; that of "false, sham" is from 1610s; of writing, etc., "not proceeding from the source pretended, 1620s. Related: Spuriously; spuriousness.
双语例句
- 1. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges.
- 他于1979年因被诬告贪污而被捕。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Williams interpolated much spurious matter.
- 威廉斯插入了许多伪造的素材。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The justification of this chart is entirely spurious.
- 这张图表的依据完全站不住脚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
- 他设法制造出一种彻头彻尾的假象，让人误以为公司一派兴旺。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.
- 他们建立起一座为淫秽活动作掩护的假寺庙。
来自柯林斯例句
