shams是什么意思？

shams

• n. 假象( sham的名词复数 )，假货，虚假的行为（或感情、言语等），假装…的人；
• v. 假装，冒充( sham的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Many women I spoke with seemed almost proud of the cleverness of their shams. 和我交谈过的许多女性似乎都对她们高明的扯谎技巧感到近乎沾沾自喜.
• Tear away their veil of shams! 撕开他们的假面具吧!
• Are those real diamonds or only shams? 那些是真钻石还是赝品?

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  假象;虚伪;虚假
  Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be.
  例句
  The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham... 实情被揭穿了:政府的承诺原来是空洞的谎言。 Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham. 许多国家的领导人已经指责这次大选弄虚作假。