sham
sham 英 [ʃæm] 美 [ʃæm]
n. 冒充，假冒；赝品 v. 假装；冒充 adj. 假的；假装的
进行时:shamming 过去式:shammed 过去分词:shammed 第三人称单数:shams 名词复数:shams
- A sham is a fake. If you frequently order products advertised on late-night, hour-long television commercials, you’ve probably ended up with at least one item that was a sham. All-purpose, industrial strength stain remover, anyone?
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- n. 冒充，假冒；赝品
- v. 假装；冒充
- adj. 假的；假装的
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1. The latest crime figures are a complete sham.
最新的犯罪统计数字完全是捏造的。
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2. Their promises turned out to be full of sham .
他们的许诺到头来全是骗人的。
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3. a sham marriage
假结婚
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4. Is he really sick or is he just shamming?
他真病了，还是装的？
- sham (n.) 1670s, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," also as a verb and an adjective, of uncertain origin; the words burst into use in 1677. Perhaps from sham, a northern dialectal variant of shame (n.); a derivation OED finds "not impossible." Sense of "something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." Related: Shammed; shamming; shammer. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896.
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