false
/ˈfɔls/KK
變化形
falser
falsest
1.
錯誤的;不正確的;不真實的
指陳述、資訊、信念或答案與事實不符。
用法:可放在名詞前,也可接在連綴動詞後,例如:這項說法是錯的。
The message saying that school was canceled was false.
那則說學校停課的訊息是假的。
She gave a false answer on the true-or-false quiz.
她在是非題測驗中答錯了一題。
2.
假的;偽造的;冒充的
指物品、身分、文件或外表不是真的,通常帶有欺騙或冒充的意圖。
用法:常置於名詞前。談論違法或欺騙行為時,語氣可較嚴重。
The clerk noticed that the customer’s ID card was false.
店員發現那位顧客的身分證件是偽造的。
3.
不忠實的;虛偽的
指一個人表面上友善或忠誠,實際上卻不真誠,或對伴侶不忠。
用法:常用於「對某人不忠」或「虛偽的朋友」等結構。
He felt that his friend had been false to him after sharing his secret.
朋友把他的祕密說出去後,他覺得對方背叛了自己。
常見錯誤
He gave me a false information.
He gave me false information./He gave me a piece of false information.
She was false with her husband.
She was false to her husband./She was unfaithful to her husband.
The news is fake false.
The news is false./The news is fake.
This information is not true or false.
This information is neither true nor false./We do not know whether this information is true or false.
相關字詞
學習提示
・false 最常指「不符合事實」,不一定表示說話的人故意說謊。例如:錯誤的天氣預報可以是 false,但未必是刻意欺騙。
・形容「假貨」時,fake 往往比 false 更自然;但固定搭配如 false ID、false eyelashes、false teeth 很常見。
・在電腦與邏輯語境中,false 也可指布林值的「假」或「否」。