half-truth
英 [ˈhɑːf truːθ ]
美 [ˈhæf truːθ ]
n. 半真半假的陈述(尤指为欺骗人)
复数:half-truths
法律
牛津词典
noun
半真半假的陈述(尤指为欺骗人) a statement that gives only part of the truth, especially when it is intended to cheat sb
The newspaper reports are a mixture of gossip, lies and half-truths. 报纸的这些报道尽是些流言飞语、谎言和真假参半的内容。
柯林斯词典
N-COUNT 半真半假的陈述;真伪混同的欺骗性陈述 If you describe statements as half-truths , you mean that they are only partly based on fact and are intended or likely to deceive people.
The article had been full of errors and half truths. 这篇文章里尽是些错误和真假参半的内容。
双语例句
His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and outright invention. 他自己的那些书和回忆录都是掺杂着半真半假的叙述和彻头彻尾的编造的大杂烩。
But FOR all its half-truth, it embodies a radical error which bids fair to stifle the genius of the modern world. 但是这个片面道理却包含着一个本性的错误,它抑制了天才智慧。
Of course, a truism can be a half-truth, and attractiveness is only part of what makes football compelling. 当然,公认只不过是半个真理而已,它仅仅是帮助足球变得更有吸引力。
Half-truth and hearsay was called truth. 似是而非及异端邪说被视为真理。
Similar to go ip, but usually more based on some factual element or half-truth. 与闲言碎语相近,但比较起来更多是建立在一决战紫禁之巅些事实或半事实的基础上。
Now there is a half-truth in the "backed-up" demand fallacy, just as there was in the broken-window fallacy. “需求堵塞”谬论只讲出了一半的真相,这点跟破窗谬论一样。
What he told me was only half-truth. 他告诉我的只是些半真半假的东西而已。
A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies. 半真半假的谎言是最坏的谎言。
英英释义
noun
a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
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