学个词Learn a Word 第1480课 sham

  今天我们要学的词是sham¹。Sham, 是“虚假”“骗局”的意思。在今年的缅甸大选中，昂山素季当选进入缅甸议会。国际观察员在缅甸监督选举状况，因为 "Two years ago, Burma staged a general election that was widely derided² as a sham," 两年前，缅甸也举行过一次普选，但外界普遍批评那次选举是假的。英国媒体报道， "A British priest was put into jail for conducting 150 sham marriages," 一名英国牧师因为主持150场假婚礼而被判入狱。 "You'd better get a lawyer to go through this contract. This deal sounds like a sham," 你最好找个律师看看这份合同。这买卖听起来像个骗人的圈套。好的，今天我们学习的词是sham...

1 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

2 derided   

v.取笑，嘲笑( deride的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His views were derided as old-fashioned. 他的观点被当作旧思想受到嘲弄。
• Gazing up to the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity. 我抬头疑视着黑暗，感到自己是一个被虚荣心驱使和拨弄的可怜虫。 来自辞典例句