c. 1300, "deceitfulness, treachery, dishonesty," from Old French fauseté "falsehood" (12c., Modern French fausseté), from Late Latin falsitatem (nominative falsitas), from Latin falsus "erroneous, mistaken" (see false). From late 14c. as "untrue statement or doctrine;" from 1570s as "character of being not true."
雙語例句
1. It was difficult to convict him of the falsity of his beliefs.
難以使他認(rèn)識(shí)到他信仰的虛假性.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. We have shown the falsity of the story.
我們已說明那個(gè)報(bào)道不真實(shí).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. " It is an impudent falsity!
" 厚臉皮,撒謊!
來自英漢文學(xué) - 敗壞赫德萊堡
4. Isabel had been thinking all day of her falsity, her audacity, her ability.
伊莎貝爾整天都在想著她的虛偽, 她的無恥, 她的手腕.
來自辭典例句
5. Her sense of Mrs Penniman's innocent falsity, which had lain dormant, began to haunt her again.