mendacity
英 [menˈdæs.ə.ti]
美 [menˈdæs.ə.t̬i]
为了记忆“mendacity”这个单词,可以采用以下简单的记忆方法:
联想“mend”为修补,想象“dis”表示否定,所以“mendacity”就是修补不真实的东西,即谎言。记忆联想:修补(mend)不真实的谎言(dis-truth)。这样的联想可以帮助记忆“mendacity”的含义为“撒谎;不真实性”。
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mendacity 撒谎,捏造来自mendacious,撒谎的,捏造的。
- 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).
- 1. Politicians are often accused of mendacity.
- 政客们常被斥为扯谎成性。