mendacity
英 [men'd?s?t?]
美[m?n'd?s?ti]
- n. 謊言；虛偽；撒謊癖
GRE
詞態變化
復數:?mendacities;
中文詞源
mendacity 撒謊，捏造
來自mendacious,撒謊的，捏造的。
英文詞源
- mendacity (n.)
- "tendency to lie," 1640s, from Middle French mendacité and directly from Late Latin mendacitas "falsehood, mendacity," from Latin mendax "lying; a liar" (see mendacious).
雙語例句
- 1. Politicians are often accused of mendacity.
- 政客們常被斥為扯謊成性。
來自辭典例句