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untrue

adjective
🔊/ʌnˈtruː/
🔊/ʌnˈtruː/
Word Family
  • true adjective (≠ untrue)
  • truth noun
  • truthful adjective (≠ untruthful)
  • truthfully adverb
  • truly adverb
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  1. not true; not based on facts不真实的；假的；无事实根据的
    • These accusations are totally untrue.这些指控纯属捏造。🔊🔊
    • an untrue claim不真实的说法
    • It is untrue to say that something like this could never happen again.说这类事情再也不会发生是毫无事实根据的。🔊🔊
  2. untrue (to somebody/something) (formal) not loyal to somebody/something; doing something that hurts or damages somebody/something 不忠实的；不忠诚的synonym unfaithful
    • If he agreed to their demands, he would have to be untrue to his own principles.假使答应他们的要求，他就得背叛自己的原则。🔊🔊
    opposite true
    3. Word OriginOld English untrēowe ‘unfaithful’ (see un-, true).