fibs

英 [fɪbz]

美 [fɪbz]

n.  谎言; (无关紧要的)小谎，瞎话
v.  撒谎; 说瞎话
fib的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小谎;无伤大雅的谎话
  Afibis a small, unimportant lie.
  1. She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
     她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• VERB 说谎;撒谎;说假话
  If someoneis fibbing, they are telling lies.
  1. He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.
     当我指责他说谎时，他大笑起来。

双语例句

• Brits really don't mind telling fibs, for not only does the average Brit man lie five times a day, but the women too lie at least thrice a day.
  看来英国人真的不把说谎当回事&因为不仅男性平均每天说谎五次，女性每天也会说谎三次。
• Fibs can help us protect a loved one, as Sadie Alexander of Paris, Texas, can attest.
  正如德克萨斯州巴黎的塞迪·亚历山大（SadieAlexander）可以证实的那样，一点小谎还能帮助我们保护爱人。
• Liars keep their feet unnaturally still to try to distract people away from their fibs.
  说谎的人会很不自然地保持双脚不动，以将人们的注意力从他们的谎话上转移开。
• She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
  她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• Scholars, both Chinese and Western, say that fraud remains rampant and misconduct ranges from falsified data to fibs about degrees, cheating on tests and extensive plagiarism.
  中国和西方的学者都认为，国内的欺骗依然泛滥：从数据造假到学历撒谎，从考试作弊到大量剽窃，不正当的学术行为影响广泛。
• But in the current study, researchers found that these parental fibs are hardly few and far between.
  但是在当前的研究中，研究者发现那些父母的谎话多如牛毛，不尽相同。
• Are passengers really in danger from such fibs?
  乘客们会不会因为这样的小谎言而真有危险呢？
• Asking more than 1,000 employed adults, it found the most popular fibs included embellishments of sporting achievements and charitable or community work.
  在询问了1000多名成年雇员后，该调查发现，最常见的小谎言包括美化运动成绩以及慈善或社区工作。
• Even little fibs can be perilous to careers.
  即使一点点小谎也对工作有害。
• Clearly either Waddell or Carmichael was telling fibs.
  显而易见，不是沃德尔就是卡迈克尔在撒谎。