fibbing

1. N-COUNT 小谎;无伤大雅的谎话
   A fib is a small, unimportant lie.
   1. She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
      她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
2. VERB 说谎;撒谎;说假话
   If someone is fibbing, they are telling lies.
   1. He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.
      当我指责他说谎时，他大笑起来。

1. He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.
   当我指责他说谎时，他大笑起来。
2. Surprisingly, children's aptitude for fibbing was not influenced by strict parenting or a religious upbringing, the study showed.
   奇怪的是，孩子说谎的资质不会受到严厉家长和宗教仪轨的影响。
3. Yahoo's former CEO Scott Thompson caused a stir in the headlines when it was revealed that he lied on his resume, but he isn't the only one fibbing to get a job.
   雅虎前CEO斯科特汤普森由于学历造假问题上了各大媒体的头条，掀起了一番乱局。然而，汤普森并不是唯一一个通过撒个小谎而得到工作的人。
4. Solace can be found in the possibility that some people, including those two friends of yours, are fibbing.
   一些人有可能在撒谎，你的两个朋友可能是他们其中之一，这么一来你也许会好受一点。
5. "No& I hadn't the chance after all," he said, fibbing hastily.
   “没&我一直没得到机会，”他急忙扯个小谎说。
6. While I'm sure there are many Honest Abes out there, sorry guys, it looks like you've totally slaughtered us in the fibbing department.
   当然其中肯定也有许多诚实的亚当们，但似乎他们也会撒些小谎。
7. Second, there is deliberate fibbing about qualifications.
   第二种，是故意在资历方面撒些小谎。
8. But in an age when fibbing on a curriculum vitae is believed to be widely practised, the legal advice was that it would be difficult to dismiss her for lying.
   但是，在一个据信人们普遍会在履历撒点无伤大雅的小谎的年代，该公司得到的法律建议是，它很难因为说谎而将这位员工解雇。
9. Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying. She was for the fib, but not the lie. That child told his mother a white lie.
   尽管你说撒小谎不是撒谎，但它仍不能让人接受。
10. Even if the kid was fibbing.
    就算这孩子撒点小谎。
11. Henry, is that really your money? Have you been fibbing to me?
    亨利，这真是你的钱吗？这些天你一直瞒着我？
12. She merely thinks to herself: I've been paid$ 20 to lie, that's a small fortune for a student like me, and more than justifies my fibbing.
    她只是对自己说：我为了撒这个谎得到了20美元。对于像我这样的学生来说这是一小笔财，足以为我撒的小谎提供足够的理由了。
13. I cantell he's fibbing because he's smiling!
    我能看出他在骗人，因为他在笑！
14. A more universal lesson was drawn by the fibbing footballer's boss at Manchester City, Sven-Goran Eriksson: Whatever your problem, keep to the truth.
    这个撒谎球员在曼城（ManchesterCity）队的老板斯文-戈兰·埃里克森（Sven-GoranEriksson）则总结了一个更为普遍的教训：不管你有什么问题，一定要讲真话。

noun

1. a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

   Synonym:    paltering