specious

[英] [ˈspi:ʃəs] [美] [ˈspiʃəs] 生词本

adj.

adv.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 似是而非的;貌似真实的 Something that is specious seems 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。

Adjective

1. plausible but false;

  • "specious reasoning"
  • "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert

2. plausible but false;

  • "a specious claim"

3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;

  • "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
  • "meretricious praise"
  • "a meretricious argument"
1. He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen mustlive 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着。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. Such talk is actually specious and groundless.
这些话实际上毫无根据,似是而非的。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》