a thing that is not what it is purported to be
假冒物,赝品;假象
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our current free health service is a sham .我们当今的免费医疗服务是虚假的。
[mass noun]pretence
假装;虚伪。
a person who pretends to be someone or something they are not
假冒者;骗子
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he was a sham, totally unqualified for his job as a senior doctor .他是一个骗子,完全胜任不了高级医师的职务。
〈北美〉 <Bold>PILLOW SHAM</Bold>的简称。
bogus; false
仿造的;虚假的
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a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage .安排假婚姻的牧师。
falsely present something as the truth
假装,佯作
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was he ill or was he shamming? 他是病了,还是装病?
[with obj.]pretend to be or to be experiencing
装作是
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she shams indifference 她假装很冷淡
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[no obj., with complement]
the opossum escapes danger by shamming dead .负鼠通过装死来逃离危险。
"late 17th cent.: perhaps a northern English dialect variant of the noun