fibs

英 [fɪbz]

美 [fɪbz]

n.  谎言; (无关紧要的)小谎，瞎话
v.  撒谎; 说瞎话
fib的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小谎;无伤大雅的谎话
  Afibis a small, unimportant lie.
  1. She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
     她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• VERB 说谎;撒谎;说假话
  If someoneis fibbing, they are telling lies.
  1. He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.
     当我指责他说谎时，他大笑起来。

双语例句

• But in the current study, researchers found that these parental fibs are hardly few and far between.
  但是在当前的研究中，研究者发现那些父母的谎话多如牛毛，不尽相同。
• Researchers have found that the ability to tell fibs at the age of two is a sign of a fast developing brain and means they are more likely to have successful lives.
  研究人员问小孩是否看了后面，他们几乎都说没看。当问到他们认为玩具可能是什么样的，就泄露出他们说的是谎话了。
• Scholars, both Chinese and Western, say that fraud remains rampant and misconduct ranges from falsified data to fibs about degrees, cheating on tests and extensive plagiarism.
  中国和西方的学者都认为，国内的欺骗依然泛滥：从数据造假到学历撒谎，从考试作弊到大量剽窃，不正当的学术行为影响广泛。
• But it's men who tell the most fibs, coming out with five every day compared with women who lie just three times.
  但（调查发现，）男性更爱说谎&他们平均每天会说谎五次，而女性仅为三次。
• Clearly either Waddell or Carmichael was telling fibs.
  显而易见，不是沃德尔就是卡迈克尔在撒谎。
• She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
  她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• Fibs can help us protect a loved one, as Sadie Alexander of Paris, Texas, can attest.
  正如德克萨斯州巴黎的塞迪·亚历山大（SadieAlexander）可以证实的那样，一点小谎还能帮助我们保护爱人。
• Asking more than 1,000 employed adults, it found the most popular fibs included embellishments of sporting achievements and charitable or community work.
  在询问了1000多名成年雇员后，该调查发现，最常见的小谎言包括美化运动成绩以及慈善或社区工作。
• I asked hundreds of them about the little fibs they tell their wives or significant others.
  我问过几百个男人有关他们向老婆或者热恋中的另一半扯过的谎。
• The firm says that by analyzing a job applicant's voice at an interview, the program can help identify fibs.
  该公司说，这套程序可以通过分析求职者在面试期间的说话声音来帮助辨别谎言。