【apocryphal】 - SAT备考词汇

apocryphal

UK:  [ə'pɒkrəf(ə)l]

US:  [ə'pɑkrəf(ə)l]

adj.

1.假冒的

1 . An empty cupboard is no better than an empty cup, she said in an apocryphal aside.
她假装不经意地说：一个空橱子和一个空杯子一样没什么不同。

2 . This is almost surely apocryphal because anyone who knew Rand's work would know how much she disliked religion in almost any form.
几乎可以肯定，这句话是杜撰的，因为读过兰德作品的每个人都知道，她非常厌恶任何形式的宗教。

3 . His hopes rested, in part, on an article he read somewhere, which very well might be apocryphal but nevertheless allowed him to dream.
他的这种感觉部分来自于一篇他在某个地方看到的一篇文章，也不知道是谁写的，但是尽管如此至少给了他梦想的希望。

4 . Urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of apocryphal stories believed by their tellers to be true.
都市流言是现代民间传说的一种，那些虚假故事被它们的讲述者演绎得可以以假乱真。

5 . It sounds like an apocryphal story, but Nigel Woodward, London-based director of financial services at Intel, insists it is true.
这听起来像是个瞎编的故事，但在伦敦工作的英特尔金融服务部门主管奈杰尔•伍德沃德（NigelWoodward）坚持说，这是真的。