mendacity
英 [men'dæsətɪ]
美[mɛn'dæsəti]
- n. 谎言；虚伪；撒谎癖
近义词
deceit
英英释义
- 1. the tendency to be untruthful
实用场景例句
- Politicians are often accused of mendacity.
- 政客们常被斥为扯谎成性。
辞典例句
中文词源
mendacity 撒谎，捏造
来自mendacious,撒谎的，捏造的。
双语例句
- 1. Politicians are often accused of mendacity.
- 政客们常被斥为扯谎成性。
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- mendacity (n.)
- "tendency to lie," 1640s, from Middle French mendacité and directly from Late Latin mendacitas "falsehood, mendacity," from Latin mendax "lying; a liar" (see mendacious).
词态变化
复数: mendacities;