Today「s phoney war could quickly turn into a real dogfight.
今天的小规模沖突会迅速演变成真正的混战。
The Charity Shield and the phoney war are just about behind us now and the first game is almost upon us.
慈善组织和假货的争论一直跟着我们,不过第一场比赛几乎支持了我们。
It pursued this phoney idea that James Bond and Harry Potter were British films.
它追求这样一种骗人的意念:詹姆斯·邦德和哈里·波特是英国电影。
Nowadays, leaving an Internet trail of convincing evidence for a fake identity is increasingly difficult-and a phoney detail is worse than none at all.
而现在,造假的身份要逃脱互联网追蹤非常困难,有时候假造的细节暴露甚至比信息缺失还要严重。
Earlier this month, Harry Potter star Emma Watson was forced to deny rumours posted on a phoney Twitter site that she was about to enrol at Yale University.
在这个月的早些时候,《哈利·波特》演员艾玛·沃森不得不站出来否认出自假冒账户的即将进入耶鲁大学的传闻。
But it is a phoney time.
但这是一个虚构的时代。
The ship will be owned by a holding company registered in a tax haven with a phoney board.
这种船的拥有者通常是用冒牌董事会在避税港注册的控股公司。
Holocaust denial (or 「revisionism」 as its pseudo-scholarly advocates term it) USES quibbles, semantics and phoney logic to befuddle the gullible about the mass murder of millions of innocents.
大屠杀质疑论运用双关语、语义(理解的偏差)和骗人的逻辑来迷惑那些容易受骗者,使他们质疑数以百万的无辜者被大规模谋杀的事实。
They were among the first imitators of Greek vases which they often decorated with phoney Greek inscriptions.
他们是仿制希腊古瓮的第一代人,常常会在上面临摹希腊铭文。
Every four years, in a conspicuous show of phoney democracy, General Stroessner stood as the Colorado candidate and was elected, sometimes—as his supporters joked—with more than 100% of the vote.
每四年,一个隆重而虚假的民主选举都会将科罗拉多党的候选人Stroessner将军推上了总统宝座,有些时候——他的支持者开玩笑道——得票率还会超过100%。
But some lenders appear to have secured a place on them by paying kickbacks in the form of shares, free travel, debt write-offs and phoney fees.
但是看来某些公司为了确保在名单上的一席之地而做了小动作,以股份,免费旅游,免除债务以及支付子虚乌有的费用等形式给官员们回扣。
Such disruptions may cut spam but will not put the lucrative phoney pharmacies out of business.
这些瓦解行动虽然减少了垃圾邮件,却不能根除暴利的假药行业。
Afghan officials hold similar views. And so much is phoney in the public debate over 「permanent」 American bases in the country.
阿富汗官员也持相同看法,但国内民众担心美国军队将「永远」驻扎下去,总统阿尔扎伊表示,根据双方的「长期战略伙伴协议」,美军在修建基地方面并不受限制,许多阿富汗人认为美军需要这些基地来限制伊朗和俄罗斯等地区力量。
That led to a long process of negotiations with phoney benchmarks for reform and adoption of EU standards. That was a great business for bureaucrats and consultants.
这就最终导致了一场旷日持久的谈判,双方手握关于改革和采纳欧盟标準的骗人的筹码,着实让官员和顾问们忙了一大通。
Today」s phoney war could quickly turn into a real dogfight.
今天宣而不战的局面可能很快就会演变成一场火拼。
That anonymity creates a phoney equality, which puts cranks and experts on the same footing.
这样的匿名造成一种把怪人和专家放在同样的地位的虚假的平等。
In September 1939, Britain was fighting a phoney war alongside a seemingly powerful ally, France.
在1939年9月,不列颠都在他表面上看来强大的盟友法国的身旁似战而非。
The first we is phoney and to be avoided.
第一种「我们」是骗人的东西,需要避免。
Still, however distorting phoney fears may be, they are far preferable to genuine calamities.
尽管如此,无论恐慌多么扭曲和失实,它们都远比真正的灾难更为可取。