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

• 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 have never uttered one word of untruth.
  我从未说过一句假话。
• "That is different," replied Monte Cristo;" but if you intend to tell an untruth, reflect it were better not to speak at all."
  “那情况不同了，”基督山回答说。“但你要想清楚，假如你想撒谎，还不如不讲为妙。”
• 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。
• There is truth, and there is untruth.
  那是真理，而那是谎言。
• She wasn't very convinced about the nice distinction between a lie and the untruth.
  对于谎言和不诚实之间的细微差别，她还不十分确信。
• You can, therefore, nail any talk about sending armies to Europe as deliberate untruth.
  所以，你们大可把任何关于出兵欧洲的传说斥为故意造谣。
• I shall conquer untruth by truth.
  我会用真理战胜谬误。
• There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
  有真理，就有非真理，如果你坚持真理；哪怕全世界都不同意你，你也没有发疯。
• When we say that beauty is everywhere we do not mean that the word ugliness should be abolished from our language, just as it would be absurd to say that there is no such thing as untruth.
  正如说“世上没有谎言”是荒唐的一样，当我们说美无处不在时，并不是指就不应该再提丑陋了。