pretending to be real or true synonym false假的;伪造的 a bogus doctor/contract 冒牌医生;伪造的合同 Bogus claims of injury by workers are costing companies thousands of pounds. 工人虚报受伤情况索赔使一些公司损失成千上万英镑。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc275 paintings which art experts dismiss as bogus 75 幅被艺术专家认为是赝品的画作 The dinosaur bones turned out to be bogus. 这些恐龙骨胳结果是伪造的。 The bogus doctor had been working from premises in Chelsea. 那个冒牌医生一直在切尔西的事务所工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- dismiss something as
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
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- turn out to
Word Originlate 18th cent. (originally US, denoting a machine for making counterfeit money): of unknown origin.