falsity
falsity 英 ['fɔːlsɪtɪ;'fɒlsɪtɪ] 美 ['fɔlsəti]
n. 虚伪；错误；谎言；不真实
名词复数:falsities
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- n. 虚伪；错误；谎言；不真实
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1. Much like the falsity behind the video camera, humans do not have a permanent memory recall; subsequent events and beliefs and expectations can change and re-mold a person's thoughts.
就像摄像机也会产生错误，人类也不能产生永久的记忆；后来的事件和看法以及期望都会改变或重构人们的想法。
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2. Though the origin of this myth is cloudy, science has proven its falsity, and a globalized world has rendered it anachronistic.
尽管这个神话的起源还不甚清楚，但科学已经证实了它的虚伪性，而且全球化的世界也使得它与时代不相适宜。
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3. In the midst of the Depression, he urged Americans to remember that “happiness lies not in the mere possession of money” and to recognize “the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success.”
在大衰退的中期，他敦促美国国民牢记“幸福并不在于仅仅拥有金钱”，并认识“把物质财富当成成功的标准的错误本质”。
- falsity (n.) c. 1300, "deceitfulness, treachery, dishonesty," from Old French fauseté "falsehood" (12c., Modern French fausseté), from Late Latin falsitatem (nominative falsitas), from Latin falsus "erroneous, mistaken" (see false). From late 14c. as "untrue statement or doctrine;" from 1570s as "character of being not true."
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