首页mendaciousmendacious的意思
mendacious
英 [men'deɪʃəs]美
- adj. 虚假的;说谎的
中文词源
mendacious 撒谎的,捏造的
来自拉丁语mendax,撒谎,欺骗,来自mens,思想,思考,词源同mind,mania.其词义引申来自语言的词义转移现象,即经过思考后想出来的谎言。也有观点认为来自mendicare,乞讨,词源同mendicant.即为了讨要而撒的谎言。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The tort is the behavior that the CPA provides mendacious audIt'statement.
- 侵权行为指注册会计师出具不实的审计报告的行为.
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- 2. However, modern scholars being against metaphysics regard traditional metaphysics as mendacious nonsense.
- 然而, 现代反形而上学家们把传统形而上学看作是无意义的虚假陈述而加以拒斥.
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- 3. The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house.
- 这个撒谎的乞丐对于每一家都编了一个不同悲哀的故事.
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- 4. She gave us a mendacious report.
- 她给了我们一个虚假的报告.
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- 5. There is no provision about the legal responsibility of celebrity advertising mendacious ads in our country.
- 我国对名人代言虚假广告是否承担法律责任目前尚无明文规定.
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