Untruth

(n.) The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

(n.) That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty.

编辑:弗吉尼亚

• Meyler's greatest enemy never accused him yet of uttering an untruth. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It was as if she had forced herself to one untruth, and had been stunned out of all power of varying it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The greatest unconsciousness of the greatest untruth, e. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It did not hurt him half as much to tell May an untruth as to see her trying to pretend that she had not detected him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• But Blanquet was serious and very quiet and completely incapable of telling an untruth. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Sir, there is,' returned the old man with quiet emphasis, 'too much untruth among all denominations of men. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In the perspective of history, no one feels that he has said the last word about a philosophy like Rousseau's after demonstrating its untruth. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Alas, my character is ruined, and I am a branded speaker of untruths! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• There, you see that at any rate I do not attempt untruths. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Can you maintain that I sit and tell untruths, when all I wish to do is to save you from sorrow? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

整理:普雷斯利