If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine.
例句
He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...他找了某个她根本不会相信的借口给她打电话。He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney...他并没有真的长胡子，那是假的。
ADJ-GRADED
虚伪的；做作的
If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people.
例句
He looks totally phoney to me.在我看来，他非常虚伪。...phoney 'experts'.伪专家
英汉词典释义
adj.
假的;伪造的;不诚恳的
a phoney Welsh accent冒充的威尔斯口音The kids all put on a phoney American accent.这些小孩都操着一副假冒的美国腔。“Bang!Bang!”the small boy brandished a phoney pistol and shouted.“砰！砰！”那小男孩挥舞着一支假手枪,口中嚷嚷着。
n.
冒充者,虚伪的人
This man is a phoney.这男人是个骗子。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold