spurious
US /ˈspjʊr.i.əs/
UK /ˈspjʊr.i.əs/
形容詞
1.
偽造的, 虛假的, 欺騙性的
not being what it purports to be; false or fake
範例:
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The court dismissed the case based on spurious evidence.
法院根據偽造的證據駁回了此案。
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He made spurious claims about his past achievements.
他對他過去的成就提出了虛假的說法。
2.
似是而非的, 站不住腳的
(of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid
範例:
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The correlation between the two variables was spurious.
這兩個變量之間相關性是虛假的。
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Avoid using spurious arguments to win the debate.
避免使用站不住腳的論點來贏得辯論。
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞