spurious
英 ['spjʊərɪəs]
美 ['spjʊrɪəs]
助記提示
1. s- (諧音“似、失”) + pur- (pure => pur-) + -ious => spurious: 似乎是純真的但實際上不是(以假亂真)、失去純真的----假的、偽造的。
2. 諧音“失pure、失pure的”.
3. 偽相關(spurious correlation).
中文詞源
spurious 虛假的，偽造的來自拉丁語 spurius,非婚生的，私生的，雜種的，來自 spurcus,低劣的，卑賤的，來自 PIE*spregh, 播灑，播種，詞源同 sperm,精子，精液。引申詞義虛假的，偽造的。
英文詞源
- spurious (adj.)
- 1590s, "born out of wedlock," from Latin spurius "illegitimate, false" (source also of Italian spurio, Spanish espurio), from spurius (n.) "illegitimate child," probably from Etruscan spural "public." Sense of "having an irregular origin, not properly constituted" is from c. 1600; that of "false, sham" is from 1610s; of writing, etc., "not proceeding from the source pretended, 1620s. Related: Spuriously; spuriousness.
雙語例句
- 1. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges.
- 他於1979年因被誣告貪汙而被捕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Williams interpolated much spurious matter.
- 威廉斯插入了許多偽造的素材。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The justification of this chart is entirely spurious.
- 這張圖表的依據完全站不住腳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
- 他設法製造出一種徹頭徹尾的假象，讓人誤以為公司一派興旺。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.
- 他們建立起一座為淫穢活動作掩護的假寺廟。
來自柯林斯例句