apocryphal

apocryphal

美 [əˈpɑkrəf(ə)l] 　英 [əˈpɒkrəf(ə)l]

• adj.流传甚广但不足为凭的；虚构的
• 网络假冒的；伪经的；不足凭信的

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This is almost surely apocryphal because anyone who knew Rand's work would know how much she disliked religion in almost any form.

几乎可以肯定，这句话是杜撰的，因为读过兰德作品的每个人都知道，她非常厌恶任何形式的宗教。

An empty cupboard is no better than an empty cup, she said in an apocryphal aside.

她假装不经意地说：一个空橱子和一个空杯子一样没什么不同。

His hopes rested, in part, on an article he read somewhere, which very well might be apocryphal but nevertheless allowed him to dream.

他的这种感觉部分来自于一篇他在某个地方看到的一篇文章，也不知道是谁写的，但是尽管如此至少给了他梦想的希望。

Urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of apocryphal stories believed by their tellers to be true.

都市流言是现代民间传说的一种，那些虚假故事被它们的讲述者演绎得可以以假乱真。

It sounds like an apocryphal story, but Nigel Woodward, London-based director of financial services at Intel, insists it is true.

这听起来像是个瞎编的故事，但在伦敦工作的英特尔金融服务部门主管奈杰尔•伍德沃德（NigelWoodward）坚持说，这是真的。

One apocryphal tale centred on Indian workers who had been given the job of keying the results of the latest British census into a database.

这里有个道听途说的故事，主人公是位印度职员，他需要将最近一次英国人口普查的统计结果输入电脑数据库。

When he was finally revealed to be a large sluglike creature in Return of the Jedi, Marvel's Jabba was proven apocryphal.

他最终在《绝地归来》中以蛞蝓形生物亮相后，惊奇版的贾巴被证明是假冒的。

There is no record of the context of this admonition, and the quotation itself may be accurate or even apocryphal.

拿破仑是在什么场合发出这一警告的，没有记载可查，引用的话本身可能并不准确，甚至有可能是伪造的。

The myth of the three trees, as it appears in certain apocryphal gospels and apocalypses, is merely a doublet of the myth of the three ages.

三棵树的神话出现在创世纪及末世纪，仅是三个时代神话的对应。

One (possibly apocryphal) tale tells of reindeer dying because they were unable to breathe, so thick were the clouds of insects.

传说（也许不是真的）讲到有驯鹿因为空中的昆虫稠密到不能呼吸的地步而死去。

So I started to collect apocryphal writings once considered to be scripture.

所以我开始收集曾被视为经典的经外书。

Biographers attempting to account for this period have reported many apocryphal stories.

传记作家试图说明他这段时期的经历，描述了很多虚构的故事。

Apocryphal information abounds, blurring the boundary between truth and rumor.

未经证实的信息比比皆是，模糊了真相和谣言的边界。

Most of the stories about his private life are probably apocryphal.

有关他私生活的事可能大部分都是虚构的。

In existence are hundreds of apocryphal books representing all three categories.

目前有数百部经外书存在，分别属于这三种类。

The story is apocryphal, but it captures the tough love expected from central bankers as lenders of last resort.

故事是虚构的，但是真实表达了作为万不得已的央行官员们的强烈喜好。

The Einstein quotation is almost certainly apocryphal, but the sentiment has an element of truth.

上述爱因斯坦的引言当然不足为信，但它的意思却含有真理的成分。

I was once told a story about Mr Gates that may be apocryphal, but still seemed to capture the man's outlook.

一次有人给我讲了盖茨的一个故事，可能是杜撰的，但似乎还是能反映他的想法。

Although the part about Andrew Jackson is almost certainly apocryphal .

虽然其中关于安德鲁·克逊的部分是不足凭信的。

In the apocryphal Book of Tobit he appears in human disguise and conquers the demon Asmodeus.

在经外书《托比特书》中，他装扮成人，征服了恶魔阿斯莫德斯。

The apocryphal answer is: "Indeed, m'lud, in Barnsley they speak of little else. "

众所周知的答案是：“确实是的，法官大人，巴恩斯利（位于约克郡南）的人们更愿意谈论别的什么事情。”

His story, they now realized, was completely apocryphal.

他们现在发现，他所做的描述完全不真实。

There are only stories and legends, most of them apocryphal, passed down through the ages.

只有一些流传下来的故事和传说，但大多数都不可信。

It remains difficult to gather statistics even on modern porn usage in China though some idea can be gleaned from apocryphal sources.

虽然可以从坊间传闻中四处搜集信息，但是关于中国现代色情作品使用量的数据还是很难收集到的。

This ExcerptaRiccardi manuscript has been datedaround 1580, and therefore the anecdote is probably apocryphal.

这份“里卡迪文摘”手稿大约写于1580年，也因此这宗轶事很可能是杜撰的。

The Old Testament Apocryphal Literature

旧约的伪经文献