每日单词:bogus

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bogus

英 ['bəʊɡəs] 美 ['boʊɡəs]

adj.假的;伪造的

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◉Etymology

"Bogus"这个词的确切词源并不明确,但有几个流行的理论。一种说法认为它可能源自18世纪后期佛蒙特州的口语词"tantrabobus"或"tantrabogus",这个词用来指代任何奇怪的物体,在19世纪后期被用来指代"魔鬼"。另一种理论是它可能与"bogey"(鬼怪)有关,用来形容某物突然出现。

另一种流行的起源说法是,"bogus"这个词与19世纪的美国有关。在1827年俄亥俄州佩恩斯维尔市的一次伪币案中,一台制造伪币的机器因其奇特的外观被人称为"bogus"。随后,当地报纸使用了"bogus"这个词来描述这台机器,之后人们开始用"bogus money"或简称"bogus"来指代伪币。随着时间的推移,这个词逐渐被用来泛指任何假的或伪造的东西。

还有一种说法是,"bogus"可能源自一个名叫Borghese的意大利骗子的名字。Borghese以开空头支票和进行其他欺诈活动而臭名昭著,他的名字逐渐成为"伪造的"或"假的"的同义词,后来拼写形式缩写为"bogus"。

尽管有这些理论,但"bogus"的确切起源仍然是一个谜。这个词在1839年作为形容词"假冒的,虚假的"首次被记录,之前在1838年作为名词使用,意指"假币,伪造的硬币"

◉外刊例句

The New York Times (2023)"The authorities have been cracking down on bogus charities that exploit people's goodwill."当局一直在打击那些利用人们的善意的假冒慈善机构。The Guardian (2022)"Consumers were warned about bogus health products that promise quick fixes without scientific evidence."消费者被警告有关那些没有科学证据的快速修复承诺的假冒健康产品。The Washington Post (2021)"The rise of bogus news has become a significant concern in the digital age."假冒新闻的兴起已成为数字时代的一个重大担忧。

◉经典名著

在名著中,“bogus”也出现过,通常用来形容虚假的事物或骗局。例如:

查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的《雾都孤儿》(Oliver Twist)英文:“Fagin had always been the master of bogus schemes and fraudulent tricks.”中文:“费根一直是伪造计划和欺诈伎俩的高手。”

◉Usage Examples

(1) The telegram turned out to have been bogus.

(2) Everything else was bogus, only money was genuine.

(1) 电报原来是假的。

(2) 什么也是假的,只有钱是真的。

◉Usage Notes

Bogus means fake—a bogus dollar bill is counterfeit, a bogus Renoir was not painted by him, a bogus attempt at reconciliation would come from someone who never intended to end a fight.

Perhaps appropriately, the word bogus originated in the US. Coined as a name for a machine that printed counterfeit money, it later became a trademark term among California surfers. In surfer speak, "totally bogus, dude" would describe any unfortunate situation.

◉Colins

1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]假的;冒牌的;伪造的 If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.

...their bogus insurance claim...

他们伪造的保险索赔

He said these figures were bogus and totally inaccurate.

他说这些数字都是捏造的,完全不准确。

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