The revelation that Bernard Madoff - brilliant investor (or so almost everyone thought), philanthropist, pillar of the community - was a phony has shocked the world, and understandably so.
Maybe it「s just me, but I」d rather hear a phony 「thank you」, than no 「thank you」 at all.
也许只有我一个人这么想,但是我宁愿听到一声假「谢谢」,也不愿什么也没有。
He had planted a phony tape in the safe to see just how far she would go.
他故意将一盘电话录音带放入保险柜,就是为了看雪莉会做出哪种程度的行动。
He is using a phony credit card.
他使用的是伪造的信用卡。
You might think that it would be easy to make a phony dollar bill.
你也许会认为制造假美钞很容易。
Most people can see straight through a phony compliment, but if you think your friend looks especially nice today with that new hairstyle, tell her so.
The warm weather of the last few days had been a phony summer, the build-up to the storm.
前几天天气暖和,但那不过是夏天的一种假象,是这场暴风雨袭来的先兆。
WE FIND IT IRONIC that a phony anti-aging industry is proliferating today, because serious efforts to understand aging have advanced greatly in recent years.
人们花在研究老化的心血,最近几年已大幅成长,但骗人的抗老化行业今天却仍持续扩张,实在很讽刺。
Well, 「 said the official, 」 I have news for you. She」s a phony .
是这样的,「官员接着说,」我要告诉你这个消息。
It's easy to create a phony identity in cyberspace.