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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
untrue
un‧true /ʌnˈtruː/ BrE AmE adjective [Word Family: adverb: ↑truly, ↑truthfully ≠ ↑untruthfully, ↑true; noun: ↑truth ≠ ↑untruth, ↑truthfulness; adjective: ↑true ≠ ↑untrue, ↑truthful ≠ ↑untruthful] 1. not based on facts that are correct SYN false: allegations that are totally untrue It’s untrue to say that the situation has not changed. REGISTER In everyday English, people usually say something is not true rather than untrue: ▪ It’s not true to say nothing has changed. 2. literary someone who is untrue to their husband, wife etc is not faithful to them SYN unfaithful • • • THESAURUS ▪ untrue [not usually before noun] not true, because the person does not know the facts, or because they are lying: It is untrue that the college broke the terms of the contract. | The allegations are completely untrue. ▪ false not true and not based on the facts, or not the real one: The article gives a totally false impression of life in Russia today. | He gave a false name and address to the police. | Decide whether these statements are true or false. ▪ something is not the case if what someone says or believes is happening is not the case, it is not happening and what they say or believe is not true: Recent reports suggest that violent crime is increasing, but this is simply not the case. | People think there’s an endless supply of fish, but unfortunately that’s not the case. ▪ misleading a misleading statement or piece of information makes people believe something that is not true, especially because it does not give all the facts: The holiday brochure is deliberately misleading, because the hotels it shows are not the ones you actually stay in. | These statistics give a misleading impression of what is happening to the economy. ▪ trumped-up trumped-up charges, accusations, evidence etc use information that is not true in order to make someone seem guilty of doing something wrong: He had been arrested by the secret police on trumped-up charges of spying. | Zola believed that the case against Dreyfus was trumped-up and utterly false. something that is untrue ▪ myth something a lot of people believe because they want to believe it, not because it is based on fact: The first myth about motherhood is that new mothers instantly fall in love with their babies. | Contrary to popular myth, our streets are much safer now than they were 100 years ago. ▪ illusion a belief or idea that is false, especially a belief in something good about yourself or about the situation you are in: Alcohol gives people the illusion of being witty and confident. | People bought the land under the illusion that the value would increase. ▪ misconception an idea that is not true but which people believe because they do not have all the facts, or they have not properly understood the situation: It’s a common misconception that vaccinations given in childhood last for life. | Employers seem to share the general misconception that young people are more efficient than older workers. ▪ delusion a completely mistaken idea, which affects your behaviour and what you decide to do: He began to suffer from paranoid delusions. | Many people labour under the delusion (=have the delusion) that anything which says ‘natural ingredients’ on the label must be harmless. | the delusion that women control most of the world' s wealth and power ▪ fallacy if you say that something is a fallacy, you mean that it is completely wrong to believe that it is true: The idea that a good night’s sleep will cure everything is a complete fallacy. | It’s a fallacy that all fat people are fat simply because they eat too much.
untruehu◎ | [,ʌn'tru:] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | không đúng, sai, trái với sự thật | | ■ | không trung thành (người) |
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