喜樂美語
  1. 1假的、偽的

    Pseudo means fake or false - not the real thing, just pretending to be. You'll most often meet it stuck onto the front of another word: pseudoscience (something that looks like science but isn't really tested properly), a pseudonym (a fake name a writer uses). But English speakers also use 'pseudo' on its own, usually as a slightly critical adjective, to call something fake or overly pretending to be clever - 'that whole conversation felt very pseudo.'

From the word’s history

From the prefix pseudo-, from Ancient Greek pseudēs 'false, lying'.

來自字首 pseudo-，源自希臘文 pseudēs「假的」。

Wiktionary

組成It comes from the Greek word 'pseudes', meaning false or lying.

同家族的字

  • pseudonyma pseudonym is a false, made-up name - shares the 'pseudo' (false) piece

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

pseudonoun/ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/

  • 1

    derogatoryAn intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.

  • 2

    A poseur; one who is fake.

  • 3

    informallifestyletourismtransportpseudo-city code

  • 4

    A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.

    • Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in spite of pseudos and avatars) and traceability are at stake[…]

pseudoadj/ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/

  • 1

    Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.

    • Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.
  • 2

    Insincere.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • pseudoelement
  • pseudoephedrine

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。