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

• Old building was torn open, old friend broadcast, the detail in memory is more and more specious.
  老房子拆了，故人四散，记忆里的细节越来越似是而非。
• Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading.
  有意误导而提出似是而非或过分影射的论点。
• 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。
• Such talk, however plausible, is actually specious and groundless.
  这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。
• Wow, I don't mind people arguing for other players as MVP, but this writer's method is so fraudulent and specious.
  哇，我不介意人们讨论其他球员拿MVP，但是这个作者的方法也太欺诈和华而不实了吧。
• An international regulator is better positioned to resist these often specious arguments.
  一个国际性的监管机构能够更好地对抗这些常常似是而非的论点。
• 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。
• Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.
  推理具有狡辩性和似是而非的特点的人。
• 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；
• Whatever specious arguments would silence an opponent.
  无论什么似是而非的论点都会使对手哑口无言。