supposititious

a. 偷偷掉换的, 冒充的, 想像的, 假的 [法] 伪的, 伪造的, 冒充的

发音

UK /səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs/
US /səˌpɑzəˈtɪʃəs/

词形变化

more supposititious 比较级 most supposititious 最高级

别名

suppositious

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.

    废旧

    1836, Edgar Allan Poe, Review of Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay, and other Poems and Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alnwick Castle, with other Poems in Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, No. 5, April 1836, pp. 327-328, … we discover in all men a disposition to look with reverence upon superiority, whether real or supposititious.

  3. 3.

    Supposed or hypothetical.

    古体

    “Why this particular problem, Speaker? It obviously has significance other than purely academic.” “Thank you, my boy. You are as quick as I had expected. The problem is not supposititious.”

词汇关系

词源

Borrowed from Latin suppositīcius.

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