Hearsay is information which you have been told but do not know to be true.
例句
Much of what was reported to them was hearsay...向他们汇报的消息中很多都是道听途说。Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.杀戮持续了数月后,真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。
英汉词典释义
n.
传闻,道听途说
They started to piece the story together from hearsay.他们开始根据传闻把事情的经过一点点拼湊起来。She discovered a world of parties and pleasure she had hitherto only known by hearsay.她发现了一个以前只是略有听闻的花花世界。You are only supposing this on hearsay,you have no proof.你只是根据传闻想象而已,并没有证据。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth