mendacious
mendacious 英 [menˈdeɪʃəs] 美 [mɛnˈdeʃəs]
adj. 虚假的；说谎的
- A mendacious person is one who tells lies habitually and intentionally. Don't get stuck at the water cooler or bus stop next to someone you consider mendacious!
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- adj. 虚假的；说谎的
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1. Some reckon its failure to unearth masses of new information is down to a mix of mendacious reticence on the part of key witnesses and the pusillanimity of their inquisitors.
一些人承认，没能发现大量的新信息是由于关键证人的虚假的沉默和审判者的胆怯。
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2. One line, and a history is effortlessly turned, no explanation, no apology, let alone any sense of shame about his own past propaganda writings and organization of mendacious exhibits.
一句话，轻松地翻转了历史，没有解释，也没有道歉，更别提对他自己过去的宣传文字和组织那些虚假展览有任何愧疚。
- mendacious (adj.) 1610s, from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendacium "a lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction," from mendax (genitive mendacis) "lying, deceitful," from menda "fault, defect, carelessness in writing," from PIE root *mend- "physical defect, fault" (see amend (v.)). The sense evolution of Latin mendax was influenced by mentiri "to speak falsely, lie, deceive." Related: Mendaciously; mendaciousness.
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