sham的读音 sham中文意思
英音
[ʃæm]
美音 [ʃæm]
n. 赝品；假冒；骗子；套；枕套美音 [ʃæm]
vt. 假装
vi. 掩饰
adj. 虚假的，假装的
中文词源
sham 假象，伪装
可能来自 Proto-Germanic*skamo,遮盖，隐藏，来自 PIE*skem,遮盖，隐藏，词源同 hide,shame. 引申词义假象，伪装等。
sham 用法和例句
- Both real and sham acupuncture worked better than having no treatment at all .
- 真实的和虚假的针刺两者都比完全没有治疗的作用要好。
- That would look too much like a response to sham elections held last november .
- 这会太像是对缅甸去年11月虚假选举做出的回应。
- Placebo injections are more effective than placebo pills , and neither is as potent as sham surgery .
- 安慰性注射虽然比安慰药丸有效果，但是却没有虚假手术来得见效。
- Their biggest fear was that deaths , injuries and failures from sham treatments would undermine the case for genuine therapies .
- 他们最大的恐惧在于，虚假干细胞治疗所导致的死亡、伤害和失败可能会使真正的干细胞治疗蒙受不白之冤。
- Seeing the judiciary as biased and the grievance process as a sham , they treat petitioning as a means of extortion .
- 既然司法系统是不公正的，上访程序是虚假的，那他们就把上访作为敲诈的手段。