He might want to plant a false rumour.

很可能他想散布一种谣言。

youdao

Assuming chisels time for 400 much years late than actually, false rumour is nearly 600 years so far.

任的观点比实际凿刻时间晚400多年，至今讹传近600年。

youdao

But it is not hard to imagine more malign motives: creating a false rumour to profit from manipulating a firm's share price, for example.

但是不难想象有很多恶意行为：例如制造谣言影响公司股价而从中得利。

youdao

The post quickly went viral, causing Facebook to publish a statement, quashing the false rumour.

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Events on Sunday seemed to underline his point, when fans of two of the most heavily debt-laden clubs - Roma and Lazio - forced the referee to abandon the Rome derby after a false rumour that a child had been killed by police.

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Other days, as when a (false) rumour crackles through a nearby slum that 100-rupee notes will be dished out to those who sign up, hordes pour in.

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