made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud 伪造的;仿造的 two men were remanded on bail on a charge of passing counterfeit £10 notes. 因使用10英镑假币而被起诉的两个人被交保候审。 ■(archaic)pretended; sham (古)假装的;虚假的 the counterfeit and the worthless Poor do a world of mischief to the cause of beneficence. 假装贫困者和无能的穷人在慈善事业中玩了许多花招。
noun
a fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery 伪造物;赝品 he knew the tapes to be counterfeits. 他知道这些磁带都是仿冒品。
verb
[with obj.]imitate fraudulently 伪造;仿冒 my signature is extremely hard to counterfeit. 我的签名是极难仿冒的。 ■pretend to feel or possess (an emotion or quality) 欺骗;假装 no pretence could have counterfeited such terror. 那样的恐惧是怎么也装不出来的。 ■(poetic/literary)resemble closely (诗/文)酷似 sleep counterfeited Death so well. 睡眠与死亡何其相似。
派生 counterfeiter noun 语源
Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- 'in opposition' + facere 'make'