specious
specious 英 [ˈspi:ʃəs] 美 ['spiʃəs]
adj. 似是而非的；外表美观的；华而不实的；徒有其表的
- Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system.
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- adj. 似是而非的；外表美观的；华而不实的；徒有其表的
- specious (adj.) late 14c., "pleasing to the sight, fair," from Latin speciosus "good-looking, beautiful, fair," also "showy, pretended, plausible, specious," from species "appearance, form, figure, beauty" (see species). Meaning "seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so; superficially fair, just, or correct" in English is first recorded 1610s. Related: Speciously; speciosity; speciousness.
spe·cious / ˈspiːʃəs ; NAmE ˈspiːʃəs / adjective ( formal) seeming right or true but actually wrong or false 似是而非的；貌似有理的 SYN misleading ◆ a specious argument 似是而非的论点 spe·cious / ˈspiːʃəs ; NAmE ˈspiːʃəs /
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