UNTRUE1 when what someone says is not true2 to think of a reason or explanation that is untrue3 an untrue story or explanation4 what you say when you think something is untrueRELATED WORDSoppositeTRUEwhen you think something is unlikely to be true 认为某事不大可能是真的DOUBTsee alsoFALSEDISHONESTBELIEVELIETRICK/DECEIVETRUST/NOT TRUSTRUMOUR1 when what someone says is not true 某人说的话不是真的not true /nɒt ˈtruː/ [adjective phrase not before noun]it's/that's not true ‘No one ever helps me.’ ‘That's not true.’ “从来都没人帮我。”“那么说是不对的。” You're believing what Mike's saying and it's just not true, he doesn't have a clue what's happening. 你相信了迈克的话，他说的不是真的，他对所发生的一切浑然不知。it is not true that It is not true that all women want to go out to work. 说所有的女人都想出去工作，这不是真的。untrue /ʌnˈtruː/ [adjective not before noun]not true. Untrue is more formal thannot true不真实的，假的〔untrue 比not true正式〕 The report has proven this information to be untrue. 该报道证实这消息是假的。it is untrue that It is untrue that the college broke the terms of the contract. 说学院违反合同条款，这不是真的。completely/totally/absolutely/simply untrue The interviewer made it sound like I thought it was okay to hit a woman, which is totally untrue. 采访者写得好像我认为打女人是没问题的，那完全不是真的。false /fɔːls/ [adjective]not true or not correct 不真实的；不正确的，错误的 He gave a false name and address to the police. 他给了警方假名和假地址。 The article gives a totally false impression of life in Russia today. 这篇文章描述的今日俄罗斯生活完全是错误的印象。 Decide whether these statements are true or false. 判断这些说法是对还是错。 Her claims of being able to recall past lives were later proved false. 她声称能招魂，后来被证明是假的。not be the case /nɒt biː ðə ˈkeɪs/ [verb phrase]if what someone says or believes is happening is not the case, it is not happening and what they say or believe is not true 事实并非如此 Recent reports suggest that violent crime is increasing, but this is simply not the case. 近来的报道显示暴力犯罪事件在上升，但事实并非如此。 People think if kids are aware of a particular brand or ad campaign, they'll buy the product, but that's not the case. 人们以为小孩子知道某一品牌或广告宣传就会购买那种产品，但事实并非如此。there is no truth in/to something /ðeər ɪz ˌnəʊ ˈtruːθ ɪn, tə something/if there is no truth in or to something that has been said or written, it is completely untrue 某事没有一点真实 There is no truth in the rumour that Collins and his wife are about to divorce. 柯林斯和妻子快要离婚的谣传毫不属实。 Robinson says there is no truth to the reports that he is ready to resign. 罗宾逊称，有关他准备辞职的报道全都不是真的。misleading /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ [adjective]misleading information or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts 误导人的〔尤指不提供全部事实〕 The holiday brochure is deliberately misleading, because the hotels it shows are not the ones you actually stay in. 度假宣传手册故意在误导，因为上面给你看到的并不是你实际住的酒店。 These statistics give a misleading impression of what is happening to the economy. 这些统计数据让人对目前的经济状况产生错误的印象。not ring true /nɒt rɪŋ ˈtruː/ [verb phrase not in progressive]if an explanation, story etc doesnot ring true, it does not seem to be true even though you are not quite sure why you think it is untrue 〔解释、报道等〕听起来不真实 There was something odd about her story, something that didn't ring true. 她的说法有点怪，听起来不真实。 One of the jurors said that Hill's explanation just didn't ring true. 其中的一位陪审员说，希尔的解释听上去根本就不真实。trumped-up /ˌtrʌmpt ˈʌp◂/ [adjective usually before noun]trumped-up charge/accusation/case etcsomething someone says, a legal case etc that is false and has been invented, especially in order to harm someone else for political purposes 〔尤指具政治目的而〕捏造的罪名/指控/罪案等 He had been arrested by the secret police on trumped-up charges of spying. 他被秘密警察以莫须有的间谍罪逮捕。 Zola believed that the case against Dreyfus was trumped-up and utterly false. 佐拉认为不利于德赖弗斯的证据是捏造出来的，完全是假的。2 to think of a reason or explanation that is untrue 编造理由或解释make up /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]to think of a reason, explanation, excuse etc that is untrue 编造〔理由、解释、借口等〕make up something I gave her my name, then made up a telephone number with a Los Angeles area code. 我把名字告诉了她，然后编了一个带洛杉矶区号的电话号码。make something up ‘You're saying you think Bobby just made it up?’ ‘I think he believes it, but I'm not sure it's true.’ “你是说你认为这只是博比编出来的？”“我觉得他是这样认为的，但是我不确定这是真的。”invent /ɪnˈvent/ [transitive verb]to think of a reason, explanation, or excuse that is sometimes very complicated but completely untrue 编造，捏造，虚构 I began to invent reasons for staying away from work. 我开始编造理由不去上班。 It was proven that one witness's story had been invented. 已证实有一个证人的描述是编出来的。3 an untrue story or explanation 不真实的故事或解释story/tale /ˈstɔːri, teɪl/ [countable noun]an untrue story or explanation that you use as an excuse or to impress someone 假话，谎言〔用作借口或取悦他人〕give somebody some story She gave me some story about Mark being an old friend. 她对我扯了个谎，说马克是老朋友。tall tale/story It's the sort of tall tale about how good they are with women that guys tell in bars. 这是男人们在酒吧里吹的那些牛皮，说自己和女人打交道如何如何了得。cock-and-bull storyespecially British He gave me a cock-and-bull story about the glass being smashed in the storm, but it looked to me like the two of them had had a fight. 他给我编了一个荒唐的故事，说玻璃是在暴风雨里打碎的，但我看好像是他们俩打了一架。fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/ [uncountable noun]an untrue story or piece of information that someone has deliberately invented 蓄意捏造的事，虚构的事，杜撰的事 It can sometimes be difficult to tell fact from fiction. 事实和虚构有时很难区分。pure fictioncompletely untrue and invented 纯属虚构 The president denied that he was ill, labelling the report ‘pure fiction.’ 总统否认自己生病，称那篇报道“纯属虚构”。fabrication /ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/ [countable noun]an untrue story or piece of information that someone has deliberately invented in order to deceive people 捏造的说法〔信息〕 Everything that was written about me in that article was a fabrication. 那篇文章里所写的关于我的一切都是编造出来的。total/pure/complete fabrication The defense said that the victim's story was a total fabrication designed to get revenge. 辩方称受害者的说法全都是捏造的，目的是为了报复。4 what you say when you think something is untrue 认为某事不真实的说法nonsense/rubbishBritish spokenalsobullAmerican spoken /ˈnɒnsənsǁˈnɑːnsens, ˈrʌbɪʃ, bʊl/ [uncountable noun]use this when you think something is totally untrue and stupid 胡说，废话 I don't know where he got that idea, it's total bull. 我不知道他那个想法是哪里来的，完全是瞎说。 You don't believe that rubbish, do you? 你是不会相信那些鬼话的吧？ That's nonsense. Don't be silly. 胡说八道，别犯傻了。a load ofspokenalsoa pile ofAmerican spoken /ə ˈləʊd ɒv, ə ˈpaɪl ɒv/ [noun phrase]use this when you think everything that someone has said or written about something is stupid and completely untrue 一派〔胡言〕a load of nonsense/rubbishBritish I told Julia what he'd said, and she said that it was a load of nonsense. 我把他的话告诉了朱莉娅，她说那是废话连篇。 That article is a load of rubbish, if you ask me. 依我看，那篇文章一派胡言。