fallacy
fallacy 英 [ˈfæləsi] 美 [ˈfæləsi]
n. 谬论，谬误
名词复数:fallacies
- A fallacy is a misleading argument or belief based on a falsehood. If you oppose state testing in schools, you think it is a fallacy that educational quality can be measured by standardized tests.
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- n. 谬论，谬误
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1. It is a fallacyto say that the camera never lies.
说照相机绝不骗人，这是谬见。
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2. He detected the fallacy of her argument.
他发觉她论据中的推理谬误。
- fallacy (n.) late 15c., "deception, false statement," from Latin fallacia "deception, deceit, trick, artifice," abstract noun from fallax (genitive fallacis) "deceptive," from fallere "deceive" (see fail (v.)). Specific sense in logic, "false syllogism, invalid argumentation," dates from 1550s. An earlier form was fallace (c. 1300), from Old French fallace.
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