1[transitiveT]COPY to make something seem real in order to deceive people 仿造;伪造
She faked her father’s signature on the cheque.
她在支票上伪造了其父的签名。
The insurance company suspected that he had faked his own death.
保险公司怀疑他制造了自己死亡的假象。
The results of the experiments were faked.
这些实验的结果都是伪造出来的。
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]PRETEND to pretend to be ill, interested etc when you are not 假装,伪装
I thought he was really hurt but he was faking it.
我以为他真受伤了,可他只是装出来的。
3[intransitiveI, transitiveT]PRETEND to pretend to move in one direction, but then move in another, especially when playing sport 〔尤指体育比赛中〕做(…的)假动作
He faked a pass.
他做了个传球的假动作。
4.fake somebody ↔ outphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmEFALSEto deceive someone by making them think you are planning to do something when you are really planning to do something else 欺骗〔某人〕
Examples from the Corpus
fake out• The designerfakes come out for Christmas.• But there's also a flock of socially acceptablefake fur out there.
Examples from the Corpus
fake• Hard to say, but Jane wasn't faking.• Favre had faked a handoff to Edgar Bennett, then slipped as he looked for a receiver.• Elway faked a pass and ran with the ball.• Singer Fairlie Arrow was fined £10,000 for faking a two-day abduction to boost her ailingcareer.• They can't be faked by simply changing your motion, or anything like that.• He faked his grandfather's signature on the check.• The bag had been faked out.• But he kept his balance, bounced to the right, broke a tackle, faked two defenders and raced 32 yards.• The collector will know that it is faked up in the style of an earlier period.
faking it• It was something I felt driven to do - even if most of the time I felt that I was just faking it.• I spent ten years faking it, and hating it, and it didn't get me anywhere.• Ordark thought-are they just faking it like I am?
From Longman Business Dictionary
fakefake1 /feɪk/adjectiveadj
made to look like something valuable or GENUINE (=real) in order to deceive people
fake Rolex watches
Three bank employees had issued fake certificates for collateral on loans.
fakefake2 noun [countableC]LAW
a copy of an original document, valuable object etc that is intended to deceive people into believing it is the real document, object etc
The signature on the contract proved to be a fake.
fakefake3 verb [transitiveT] informal
to make an exact copy of something, or inventfigures or results, in order to deceive people
She had faked her boss’s signature on the cheque.
Originfake3
(1700-1800) Probably from Germanfegen“to sweep, polish”
➡ See also the entry for copynoun2另见copy名词词条第2义fake ♦︎ imitation ♦︎ forgery ♦︎ dummyThese are all words for an object that is not genuine but has been made to look as if it is.这些词均表示假货、仿制品、赝品。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a good fake / imitation / forgery◆a cheap fake / imitation◆a poor / crude imitation / forgery■fake [countable] an object such as a work of art, a coin or a piece of jewellery that is not genuine but has been made to look as if it is假货;赝品◆All the paintings proved to be fakes.所有这些画结果证实都是赝品。◆She had long ago sold the diamonds and replaced them with fakes.她很久以前就卖掉了那些钻石首饰,代之以假货。 see also fake ⇨ artificialadj.1, fake ⇨ so-calledadj.■imitation ˌɪmɪˈteɪʃn [countable] a copy of a type of product, material or production, especially sth expensive or well known仿制品;赝品◆Many tourists cannot tell the difference between authentic Indian craftwork and imported imitations.许多游客无法区分真正的印度工艺品和进口的仿制品。◆The remake is a pale imitation of the original 1966 film(= it is not nearly as good).重拍片远不如1966年的初版影片精彩。ⓘ People often use imitation to suggest that the copy is not nearly as good as the real thing. * imitation常用以表示仿制品远不如真品好◆a poor / cheap / pale / second-rate imitation低劣的/黯然失色的/二流的仿制品It can also be used like an adjective to talk about materials from which things are made or about copies of weapons. * imitation亦可如形容词一样使用,描述制作物品的材料或指武器的复制品◆imitation fur / gold / leather / marble / silk / pearls人造毛皮;仿金;人造革;仿大理石;仿真丝;假珍珠◆an imitation sword / firearm / gun / bomb仿真剑;仿真枪;仿真炸弹 see also imitation ⇨ artificial1■forgeryˈfɔːdʒəri; NAmEˈfɔːrdʒəri [countable] something, for example a document, a piece of paper money or a painting, that has been copied in order to deceive people伪造品,赝品(意图欺骗他人)◆Experts are dismissing claims that the painting is a forgery.专家排除了这幅画是赝品的说法。◆If the signature on the deed is a forgery, the whole legal position changes.如果契约上的签名是伪造的,那么整个法律状况就改变了。▸forge
verb
[transitive] ◆She was getting good at forging her mother's signature.她把母亲的签名伪造得越来越惟妙惟肖了。NOTE辨析 Fake or forgery?Forgery is mostly used to talk about things that can be written, drawn, printed or painted, where this is done in order to deceive people. Fake can refer to any object that is made or produced, as well as artificial copies of natural objects (for example, jewels); fakes may or may not be used to deceive people. * forgery最常指以书写、描画、印刷或涂饰等方法制作的伪造品,伪造是为了欺骗人。fake可指任何人造物品和天然物品(如珠宝)的人工复制品,这些复制品不一定用来欺骗人。■dummy [countable] a thing that seems to be real but is only a copy of the real thing仿制品;仿造物◆The bottles of whisky on display are all dummies.陈列的一瓶瓶威士忌全是仿制品。ⓘ A dummy is often sth that has been made to look real so that people can use it for practising a possibly dangerous skill such as driving or shooting, or for a film or play. * dummy常指做得很逼真的仿制品,以供人们练习某项可能带有危险性的技能,如驾驶、射击,或用于拍电影或演戏。 see also dummy ⇨ so-calledadj.