Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense fakes, present participle faking, past tense, past participle faked
1ADJ [usually ADJ n](毛皮、画作)假冒的,伪造的 A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, usually in order to deceive people. (毛皮、画作)假冒的,伪造的
The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates.
It is filled with famous works of art, and every one of them is a fake.
这里满是艺术名品,但每一件都是赝品。
2VERB 伪造;仿制 If someone fakes something, they try to make it look valuable or genuine, although in fact it is not. 伪造;仿制
It's safer to fake a tan with make-up rather than subject your complexion to the harsh rays of the sun. [VERB noun]
用化妆品打造出古铜色的皮肤比让皮肤受太阳的暴晒更为安全。
He faked his own death last year to collect on a $1 million insurance policy. [VERB noun]
去年,他诈死以骗取100万美元的保险金。
...faked evidence. [VERB-ed]
伪造的证据
3N-COUNT 骗子;冒充者 Someone who is a fake is not what they claim to be, for example because they do not have the qualifications that they claim to have. 骗子;冒充者
4VERB 假装;装作 If you fake a feeling, emotion, or reaction, you pretend that you are experiencing it when you are not. 假装;装作
Jon faked nonchalance. [VERB noun]
乔恩装作若无其事的样子。
Maturity and emotional sophistication can't be faked. [VERB noun]
➡ See also the entry for copynoun2另见copy名词词条第2义fake ♦︎ imitation ♦︎ forgery ♦︎ dummyThese are all words for an object that is not genuine but has been made to look as if it is.这些词均表示假货、仿制品、赝品。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a good fake / imitation / forgery◆a cheap fake / imitation◆a poor / crude imitation / forgery■fake [countable] an object such as a work of art, a coin or a piece of jewellery that is not genuine but has been made to look as if it is假货;赝品◆All the paintings proved to be fakes.所有这些画结果证实都是赝品。◆She had long ago sold the diamonds and replaced them with fakes.她很久以前就卖掉了那些钻石首饰,代之以假货。 see also fake ⇨ artificialadj.1, fake ⇨ so-calledadj.■imitation ˌɪmɪˈteɪʃn [countable] a copy of a type of product, material or production, especially sth expensive or well known仿制品;赝品◆Many tourists cannot tell the difference between authentic Indian craftwork and imported imitations.许多游客无法区分真正的印度工艺品和进口的仿制品。◆The remake is a pale imitation of the original 1966 film(= it is not nearly as good).重拍片远不如1966年的初版影片精彩。ⓘ People often use imitation to suggest that the copy is not nearly as good as the real thing. * imitation常用以表示仿制品远不如真品好◆a poor / cheap / pale / second-rate imitation低劣的/黯然失色的/二流的仿制品It can also be used like an adjective to talk about materials from which things are made or about copies of weapons. * imitation亦可如形容词一样使用,描述制作物品的材料或指武器的复制品◆imitation fur / gold / leather / marble / silk / pearls人造毛皮;仿金;人造革;仿大理石;仿真丝;假珍珠◆an imitation sword / firearm / gun / bomb仿真剑;仿真枪;仿真炸弹 see also imitation ⇨ artificial1■forgeryˈfɔːdʒəri; NAmEˈfɔːrdʒəri [countable] something, for example a document, a piece of paper money or a painting, that has been copied in order to deceive people伪造品,赝品(意图欺骗他人)◆Experts are dismissing claims that the painting is a forgery.专家排除了这幅画是赝品的说法。◆If the signature on the deed is a forgery, the whole legal position changes.如果契约上的签名是伪造的,那么整个法律状况就改变了。▸forge
verb
[transitive] ◆She was getting good at forging her mother's signature.她把母亲的签名伪造得越来越惟妙惟肖了。NOTE辨析 Fake or forgery?Forgery is mostly used to talk about things that can be written, drawn, printed or painted, where this is done in order to deceive people. Fake can refer to any object that is made or produced, as well as artificial copies of natural objects (for example, jewels); fakes may or may not be used to deceive people. * forgery最常指以书写、描画、印刷或涂饰等方法制作的伪造品,伪造是为了欺骗人。fake可指任何人造物品和天然物品(如珠宝)的人工复制品,这些复制品不一定用来欺骗人。■dummy [countable] a thing that seems to be real but is only a copy of the real thing仿制品;仿造物◆The bottles of whisky on display are all dummies.陈列的一瓶瓶威士忌全是仿制品。ⓘ A dummy is often sth that has been made to look real so that people can use it for practising a possibly dangerous skill such as driving or shooting, or for a film or play. * dummy常指做得很逼真的仿制品,以供人们练习某项可能带有危险性的技能,如驾驶、射击,或用于拍电影或演戏。 see also dummy ⇨ so-calledadj.