specious
英 [ˈspiːʃəs]
美 [ˈspiːʃəs]
adj. 似是而非的; 貌似有理的
BNC.23870 / COCA.23653
牛津词典
adj.
- 似是而非的;貌似有理的
seeming right or true but actually wrong or false- a specious argument
似是而非的论点
- a specious argument
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 似是而非的;貌似真实的
Something that isspeciousseems to exist or be true, but is not real or true.- It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
公爵不太可能相信这种似是而非的论点。
- It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
英英释义
adj
- based on pretense
- the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
- meretricious praise
- a meretricious argument
- plausible but false
- a specious claim
- spurious inferences
双语例句
- His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.
他的声音还是那么温和,甚至有点谦卑。 - Wow, I don't mind people arguing for other players as MVP, but this writer's method is so fraudulent and specious.
哇,我不介意人们讨论其他球员拿MVP,但是这个作者的方法也太欺诈和华而不实了吧。 - Additional of kind of material apply, the symbolic design of abstraction lets these Chinese style elements become ambiguous, specious, let popular feeling relax.
另类材料的运用,抽象化的符号设计让这些中式元素变得模糊,似是而非,让人心弛。 - Ralph had been deceived by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool.
拉尔夫被那海滩水潭看上去很深的假象所蒙蔽。 - This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error.
自我实现预言的力量在于它能够使错误恒久化。 - This argument is specious; it is a little like saying that since we only take one step at a time there is no need to plan our route since one can make continuous decisions about where to turn next.
这种观点是不正确的;这有点像既然说我们在一个时刻仅仅进行一步活动,我们完全可以对下一步应该转向哪里做出连续的决定,因此我们没有必要计划我们的路线。 - Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading.
有意误导而提出似是而非或过分影射的论点。 - Lu Zhengyuan's ambiguous sculpture tells a specious story, just like the soul divorced from the human body;
卢征远含混不清的情节性雕塑,游离在似是而非的故事中,如同灵魂游离于人的身体; - He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen must live as the world lives.
他用似是而非的遁词为他的教义作辩护,说政治家必须象世人那样活著。 - It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
公爵不太可能相信这种似是而非的论点。
