phony /ˈfəʊnɪ/ (also phoney)

• 1. 

  ADJ If you describe something as phony, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. 假的 [非正式]

  例：

  He'd telephoned with some phony excuse she didn't believe for a minute.

  他用一些假的借口打电话，她根本就不信。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you say that someone is phony, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. 虚伪的; 做作的 [非正式]

  例：

  The people are so phony.

  这些人太假了。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT Phony is also a noun. 可作名词

  例：

  She's a phony, a fake.

  她是个伪君子、骗子。