Sham

(n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

(n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

(a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

(v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

(v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.

(v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

(v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

录入:费尔普斯

• The festivities of a show began with a ceremonial procession (_pompa_) and a sham fight (_pr?lusio_). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Allan Woodcourt sees that this is not a sham. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There were lockers all round, and Wilson, the sham chaplain, knocked one of them in, and pulled out a dozen of brown sherry. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• There was no sham and no cheat, and no hollow unreal in him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Edison was intolerant of sham and shoddy, and nothing would satisfy him that could not stand cross-examination by microscope, test-tube, and galvanometer. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The British Ministry of Reconstruction and its foreign equivalents were exposed as a soothing sham. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She did not believe in her own universals--they were sham. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They hate shams and the watering of goods on a more trustworthy basis than the mere routine moralist. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And you shall have a black satin dress for Sundays--a real satin, not a satinet or any of the shams. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I dare say, but a certain amount of hypocrisy is necessary in this world of shaMs Maurice looked at Count Constantine with an amused smile. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He might only be asleep or shamming. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I knew he was shamming,' said Fang, as if this were incontestable proof of the fact. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I shammed ill at dinner; and so secured the whole of the interval from then till tea-time to my own use. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was found there, making his observations--and he shammed drunk, as the easiest way of getting out of the difficulty. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

整理:诺里斯