fibs

英 [fɪbz]

美 [fɪbz]

n.  谎言; (无关紧要的)小谎，瞎话
v.  撒谎; 说瞎话
fib的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小谎;无伤大雅的谎话
  Afibis a small, unimportant lie.
  1. She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
     她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• VERB 说谎;撒谎;说假话
  If someoneis fibbing, they are telling lies.
  1. He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.
     当我指责他说谎时，他大笑起来。

双语例句

• Asking more than 1,000 employed adults, it found the most popular fibs included embellishments of sporting achievements and charitable or community work.
  在询问了1000多名成年雇员后，该调查发现，最常见的小谎言包括美化运动成绩以及慈善或社区工作。
• Clearly either Waddell or Carmichael was telling fibs.
  显而易见，不是沃德尔就是卡迈克尔在撒谎。
• Are passengers really in danger from such fibs?
  乘客们会不会因为这样的小谎言而真有危险呢？
• She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
  她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。
• I asked hundreds of them about the little fibs they tell their wives or significant others.
  我问过几百个男人有关他们向老婆或者热恋中的另一半扯过的谎。
• Brits really don't mind telling fibs, for not only does the average Brit man lie five times a day, but the women too lie at least thrice a day.
  看来英国人真的不把说谎当回事&因为不仅男性平均每天说谎五次，女性每天也会说谎三次。
• Exposing fibs, exaggerations and indiscretions routinely used to undercut or derail political careers is migrating to the corporate world as a new tactic for unhappy shareholder activists to win changes they seek in the executive suite.
  揭露无伤大雅的谎言、牛皮和言行失检，这些通常用于政治攻击的小伎俩现在也开始出现在企业界，愤懑不平的维权股东开始使用这些手段来达到改变公司管理层的目的。
• Liars keep their feet unnaturally still to try to distract people away from their fibs.
  说谎的人会很不自然地保持双脚不动，以将人们的注意力从他们的谎话上转移开。
• The firm says that by analyzing a job applicant's voice at an interview, the program can help identify fibs.
  该公司说，这套程序可以通过分析求职者在面试期间的说话声音来帮助辨别谎言。
• Even little fibs can be perilous to careers.
  即使一点点小谎也对工作有害。