superficially plausible, but actually wrong 似是而非的 a specious argument. 一个似是而非的论点。 ■misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive 华而不实的;外表美观迷惑人的 the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty. 音乐商界把一些曾风靡一时的老歌包装得华美新奇却华而不实。
派生 speciously adverb speciousness noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense, beautiful,): from Latin speciosus 'fair', from species (see species)