specious

英 [ˈspiːʃəs]

美 [ˈspiːʃəs]

adj.  似是而非的; 貌似有理的

GRE

BNC.23870 / COCA.23653

牛津词典

adj.

• 似是而非的；貌似有理的
  seeming right or true but actually wrong or false
  1. a specious argument
     似是而非的论点

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 似是而非的;貌似真实的
  Something that isspeciousseems to exist or be true, but is not real or true.
  1. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
     公爵不太可能相信这种似是而非的论点。

英英释义

adj

• based on pretense
  1. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  2. meretricious praise
  3. a meretricious argument
  Synonym:gildedmeretricious
• plausible but false
  1. a specious claim
  2. spurious inferences
  Synonym:spurious

双语例句

• Old building was torn open, old friend broadcast, the detail in memory is more and more specious.
  老房子拆了，故人四散，记忆里的细节越来越似是而非。
• Niko: Every room is very specious and comfortable.
  妮可：每个房间都是这样的宽敞和舒适。
• Consumer groups and Tesco say that Levi's case is specious.
  消费者和特易购却认为利维公司貌似有理实则不然。
• Such talk is actually specious and groundless.
  这些话实际上毫无根据，似是而非的。
• If its a specious claim, it's harassment.
  如果这只是表明现象，是折磨。
• Additional of kind of material apply, the symbolic design of abstraction lets these Chinese style elements become ambiguous, specious, let popular feeling relax.
  另类材料的运用，抽象化的符号设计让这些中式元素变得模糊，似是而非，让人心弛。
• Specious reasoning; the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality-Ethel Albert.
  似是而非的推理；这个似是而非的推论来自模糊的因果关系-埃塞尔艾伯特。
• An international regulator is better positioned to resist these often specious arguments.
  一个国际性的监管机构能够更好地对抗这些常常似是而非的论点。
• Every position has been successfully undermined and abandoned on specious and plausible excuses.
  我提出的每一个立场都被他们成功地以似是而非的借口破坏和推翻。
• Its argument that China does not yet meet specified market-economy criteria is specious.
  它声称中国尚未符合特定的市场经济标准的说法似是而非。