humbug
n. 欺騙; 虛偽; 騙子; 薄荷硬糖
If you describe someone's language or behaviour as humbug, you mean that it is dishonest or insincere.
There was all the usual humbug and obligatory compliments from ministers...
全都是些部長們常說的騙人鬼話和少不了的奉承恭維。
Britain's laws on homosexuality are hypocritical humbug.
英國的同性戀法律都是虛偽的空話連篇。
You can refer to a person as a humbug when you think they are being dishonest, insincere, or pretending to be someone who they are not.
What a revolting humbug the man was!
那人真是個令人作嘔的偽君子!
A humbug is a hard, striped sweet that tastes of peppermint.
1. pretentious or silly talk or writing
2. communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive
3. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
1. trick or deceive
This is all humbug and good humor, of course.
這些當然只是人們的幽默和子虛烏有.
I thought you must be a humbug all along, from the conceited way you talked.
看你說話的那副神氣,我就知道你一定是個吹牛的騙子.
In that way one is sure of accepting no humbug.
如是一人必不至被騙.
I know my words can seem to him nothing but utter humbug.
我知道,我說的話在他看來不過是徹頭徹尾的慌言.
I am going to expose all this humbug.
我要揭露這一切騙人的鬼話.