apocryphal

apocryphal

美 [??pɑkr?f(?)l] 　英 [??p?kr?f(?)l]

• adj.流傳甚廣但不足為憑的；虛構的
• 網絡假冒的；偽經的；不足憑信的

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例句

This is almost surely apocryphal because anyone who knew Rand's work would know how much she disliked religion in almost any form.

幾乎可以肯定，這句話是杜撰的，因為讀過蘭德作品的每個人都知道，她非常厭惡任何形式的宗教。

An empty cupboard is no better than an empty cup, she said in an apocryphal aside.

她假裝不經意地說：一個空櫥子和一個空杯子一樣沒什么不同。

His hopes rested, in part, on an article he read somewhere, which very well might be apocryphal but nevertheless allowed him to dream.

他的這種感覺部分來自于一篇他在某個地方看到的一篇文章，也不知道是誰寫的，但是盡管如此至少給了他夢想的希望。

Urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of apocryphal stories believed by their tellers to be true.

都市流言是現代民間傳說的一種，那些虛假故事被它們的講述者演繹得可以以假亂真。

It sounds like an apocryphal story, but Nigel Woodward, London-based director of financial services at Intel, insists it is true.

這聽起來像是個瞎編的故事，但在倫敦工作的英特爾金融服務部門主管奈杰爾?伍德沃德（NigelWoodward）堅持說，這是真的。

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.

這里有個道聽途說的故事，主人公是位印度職員，他需要將最近一次英國人口普查的統計結果輸入電腦數據庫。

When he was finally revealed to be a large sluglike creature in Return of the Jedi, Marvel's Jabba was proven apocryphal.

他最終在《絕地歸來》中以蛞蝓形生物亮相后，驚奇版的賈巴被證明是假冒的。

There is no record of the context of this admonition, and the quotation itself may be accurate or even apocryphal.

拿破侖是在什么場合發出這一警告的，沒有記載可查，引用的話本身可能并不準確，甚至有可能是偽造的。

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.

三棵樹的神話出現在創世紀及末世紀，僅是三個時代神話的對應。

One (possibly apocryphal) tale tells of reindeer dying because they were unable to breathe, so thick were the clouds of insects.

傳說（也許不是真的）講到有馴鹿因為空中的昆蟲稠密到不能呼吸的地步而死去。

So I started to collect apocryphal writings once considered to be scripture.

所以我開始收集曾被視為經典的經外書。

Biographers attempting to account for this period have reported many apocryphal stories.

傳記作家試圖說明他這段時期的經歷，描述了很多虛構的故事。

Apocryphal information abounds, blurring the boundary between truth and rumor.

未經證實的信息比比皆是，模糊了真相和謠言的邊界。

Most of the stories about his private life are probably apocryphal.

有關他私生活的事可能大部分都是虛構的。

In existence are hundreds of apocryphal books representing all three categories.

目前有數百部經外書存在，分別屬于這三種類。

The story is apocryphal, but it captures the tough love expected from central bankers as lenders of last resort.

故事是虛構的，但是真實表達了作為萬不得已的央行官員們的強烈喜好。

The Einstein quotation is almost certainly apocryphal, but the sentiment has an element of truth.

上述愛因斯坦的引言當然不足為信，但它的意思卻含有真理的成分。

I was once told a story about Mr Gates that may be apocryphal, but still seemed to capture the man's outlook.

一次有人給我講了蓋茨的一個故事，可能是杜撰的，但似乎還是能反映他的想法。

Although the part about Andrew Jackson is almost certainly apocryphal .

雖然其中關于安德魯·克遜的部分是不足憑信的。

In the apocryphal Book of Tobit he appears in human disguise and conquers the demon Asmodeus.

在經外書《托比特書》中，他裝扮成人，征服了惡魔阿斯莫德斯。

The apocryphal answer is: "Indeed, m'lud, in Barnsley they speak of little else. "

眾所周知的答案是：“確實是的，法官大人，巴恩斯利（位于約克郡南）的人們更愿意談論別的什么事情。”

His story, they now realized, was completely apocryphal.

他們現在發現，他所做的描述完全不真實。

There are only stories and legends, most of them apocryphal, passed down through the ages.

只有一些流傳下來的故事和傳說，但大多數都不可信。

It remains difficult to gather statistics even on modern porn usage in China though some idea can be gleaned from apocryphal sources.

雖然可以從坊間傳聞中四處搜集信息，但是關于中國現代色情作品使用量的數據還是很難收集到的。

This ExcerptaRiccardi manuscript has been datedaround 1580, and therefore the anecdote is probably apocryphal.

這份“里卡迪文摘”手稿大約寫于1580年，也因此這宗軼事很可能是杜撰的。

The Old Testament Apocryphal Literature

舊約的偽經文獻