apocryphal

美 [əˈpɑkrəf(ə)l]
英 [əˈpɒkrəf(ə)l]
  • adj.流传甚广但不足为凭的；虚构的
  • 网络假冒的；伪经的；不足凭信的

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apocryphal
adj.
1.
流传甚广但不足为凭的；虚构的well known, but probably not true
Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.
关于他的传闻多属虚构。

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全部全部,流传甚广但不足为凭的流传甚广但不足为凭的,虚构的虚构的,假冒的假冒的,伪经的伪经的,不足凭信的不足凭信的
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1.
This is almost surely apocryphal because anyone who knew Rand's work would know how much she disliked religion in almost any form.
几乎可以肯定，这句话是杜撰的，因为读过兰德作品的每个人都知道，她非常厌恶任何形式的宗教。
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His hopes rested, in part, on an article he read somewhere, which very well might be apocryphal but nevertheless allowed him to dream.
他的这种感觉部分来自于一篇他在某个地方看到的一篇文章，也不知道是谁写的，但是尽管如此至少给了他梦想的希望。
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3.
Urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of apocryphal stories believed by their tellers to be true.
都市流言是现代民间传说的一种，那些虚假故事被它们的讲述者演绎得可以以假乱真。
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4.
It sounds like an apocryphal story, but Nigel Woodward, London-based director of financial services at Intel, insists it is true.
这听起来像是个瞎编的故事，但在伦敦工作的英特尔金融服务部门主管奈杰尔•伍德沃德（NigelWoodward）坚持说，这是真的。
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5.
One apocryphal tale centred on Indian workers who had been given the job of keying the results of the latest British census into a database.
这里有个道听途说的故事，主人公是位印度职员，他需要将最近一次英国人口普查的统计结果输入电脑数据库。
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6.
There is no record of the context of this admonition, and the quotation itself may be accurate or even apocryphal.
拿破仑是在什么场合发出这一警告的，没有记载可查，引用的话本身可能并不准确，甚至有可能是伪造的。
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7.
The myth of the three trees, as it appears in certain apocryphal gospels and apocalypses, is merely a doublet of the myth of the three ages.
三棵树的神话出现在创世纪及末世纪，仅是三个时代神话的对应。
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One (possibly apocryphal) tale tells of reindeer dying because they were unable to breathe, so thick were the clouds of insects.
传说（也许不是真的）讲到有驯鹿因为空中的昆虫稠密到不能呼吸的地步而死去。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
So I started to collect apocryphal writings once considered to be scripture.
所以我开始收集曾被视为经典的经外书。
sm2000.org
10.
Biographers attempting to account for this period have reported many apocryphal stories.
传记作家试图说明他这段时期的经历，描述了很多虚构的故事。
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