The impostor traveled on a false passport.

那个伪装者用一本假护照旅行。

Lucy had a pair of false eyelashes today.

露西今天戴了一副假睫毛。

They lulled me into a false sense of security.

他们哄骗我，让我产生了一种虚假的安全感。

After several false starts, she became a successful journalist.

她开始时遇到几次挫折,后来成为能干的记者

There is no time for false modesty.

没时间虚情假意地故作谦虚了。

He is just playing me false, which never surprises me.

他只是在欺骗我,那一点我从来不感到奇怪。

I was wearing false eyelashes and a sweater two sizes too small.

我戴着假睫毛，穿着小了两号的毛衣。

Look at the false police reports that omitted or misstated crucial facts.

看看这份失实的警方报告吧，它忽略或歪曲了关键的事实。

In the early seventies I wore false eyelashes, as was the fashion.

70年代初我戴假睫毛，这在当时是时尚。

I can't understand why folks complain about false teeth.

我就不明白，人们为什么老是抱怨假牙的问题。

It seems a false economy to me to cut down on libraries.

在我看来，减少图书馆的数量并不是真正的节约。

One false move and I knew Sarah would be dead.

我知道萨拉一失足就会没命了。

He knew one false move would end in death.

他明白稍有差池就会被置于死地。

The programme seemed false and sugary, and the characters smug.

这个节目看起来矫揉造作，而其中的人物还自我感觉良好。

He was convicted of filing false income tax returns.

他因为在纳税申报表上作假而被定罪。

Evans was trying to obtain a false passport and other documents.

埃文斯正试图取得一本假护照和其他证件。

Lulled into a false sense of security, we eagerly awaited their return.

我们被一种虚假的安全感所麻痹，急切地等着他们回来。

A cheap bed can be a false economy.

便宜的床看似省钱，其实可能不然。

'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.

“他是冒充的，是个骗子，”哈里咕哝道。

The patient was registered under a false name.

那位患者挂号时用了假名。

'Thank you,' she said with false enthusiasm.

“谢谢你，”她假装热情地说。

用作定语～+ n.

1. The clown was wearing a false nose.
   小丑戴着一个假鼻子。
2. He was here on some secret errand with a false passport.
   他用一个假护照在这里干秘密工作。
3. There is a pirate ship under false colours on the sea.
   海上有一艘挂着假冒旗帜的海盗船在航行。
4. He will not bear false witness against anyone.
   他不愿对任何人做假见证。
5. Better an open enemy than a false friend.
   公开的敌人要比虚假朋友好。

用作表语S+be+～

1. A whale is a fish.True or false?
   鲸鱼是一种鱼,对不对?

～+名词

• false%20action">false action不轨的行为
• false%20argument">false argument错误的论点
• false%20charge">false charge诬告
• false%20friends">false friends不忠实的朋友
• false%20hair">false hair假发
• false%20hopes">false hopes不切实际的希望
• false%20ideas">false ideas错误的观念
• false%20impression">false impression不诚实的印象
• false%20lover">false lover不忠实的情人
• false%20oats">false oats假燕麦
• false%20passport">false passport伪造的护照
• false%20position">false position错误的立场
• false%20report">false report不真实的报道
• false%20statement">false statement错误的陈词
• false%20teeth">false teeth假牙
• false%20weights">false weights重量不足的砝码

～+介词

• false%20of%20heart">false of heart不忠实
• false%20to%20one%27s%20country">false to one's country不忠于祖国
• false%20to%20one%27s%20promise">false to one's promise不守诺言

• Such reports more false than truth contain.

  出自：R. Greene

• Earth's falses are heaven's truths.

  出自：Tennyson

• Past regretting Loves who have falsed their vow.

  出自：T. Hardy

adj.(形容词)

1. false的基本意思是“错误的,不正确的”,即所想、所说、所做与事实或现实对立; 也可指“假的,伪造的”,强调与真品相像,看起来与真的一样; false引申还可指“不忠实的”,即貌似忠实,实而骗人的。
2. false一般用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语。
3. false可与定冠词或不定冠词连用。

adj.(形容词)

false, artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham

这组词的共同意思是“假的”。其区别是：

false说明某物与真品相像,着重于“看起来与真的不一样”,不一定具有“冒充、欺骗”之义; counterfeit着重于冒充真的,并含有欺骗之义; artificial着重于“人造的,人为的”,也可引申指“不自然的”; fake指假造或冒充的(物或人); sham往往指通过比较明显的仿造或伪善行为来进行欺骗。例如:

Her false diamonds look like real ones.她的假钻石饰物看起来像真的一样。

The peddler sold me a counterfeit coin.这个小贩卖给我的是假币。

This is an artificial flower.这是一朵人造花。

What he says is all sham sympathy.他说的那一套统统是假装同情而已。

Beware of those who sell fake medicines.谨防贩卖假药者。

false, wrong

false的语义较wrong更强并含有“欺骗”的意味。

artificial，false，synthetic，man-made

这些形容词均有“人造的，非自然的”之意。

artificial指模仿天然材料由人工制造的东西，侧重真伪对比。

false指因缺失而补上的替代物，有时也指伪装的。

synthetic与artificial近义，但前者强调通过化学作用或化学处理把几种物质复制成与原材料截然不同的新产品。

man-made指完全用人工制造，不含仿造和真伪对比的意味。

adj.(形容词)

他因拥有大量假钞而被拘捕。

误 He was arrested on charges of possessing a huge amount of false money.

正 He was arrested on charges of possessing a huge amount of counterfeit money.

析 “假钞票”在英语中是counterfeit money, counterfeit banknotes(伪造的纸币)和spurious coins(伪造的硬币)。

• ☆ 1200年进入英语，直接源自古法语的fals；最初源自古典拉丁语的falsus，意为上当受骗的，错误的。