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

• He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen must live as the world lives.
  他用似是而非的遁词为他的教义作辩护，说政治家必须象世人那样活著。
• Lu Zhengyuan's ambiguous sculpture tells a specious story, just like the soul divorced from the human body;
  卢征远含混不清的情节性雕塑，游离在似是而非的故事中，如同灵魂游离于人的身体；
• Turn head to consider, perhaps people shouldn't separate oneself and nature too far, several near thoroughly, this kind of blindfold break base a feeling knot will ruin perfect end-result of life, interfuse another a sort of specious of disconsolate.
  回头想一想，人们也许不该将自己与大自然分开太远，几近彻底，这种盲目的断根情结只会毁掉生命完美的归宿，混入另一种似是而非的惘然。
• The song ended with a specious conclusion that all men are the same.
  这首歌以所有的男人都是一样的具体结论结尾。
• If its a specious claim, it's harassment.
  如果这只是表明现象，是折磨。
• His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.
  他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。
• 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。
• Niko: Every room is very specious and comfortable.
  妮可：每个房间都是这样的宽敞和舒适。
• He deserves credit for resisting specious gambles in September.
  他在九月间抵制了一些似是而非的冒险行动，这是值得称赞的。
• 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。