trump

trump up

1. 捏造; 编造

The story was simply trumped up by him.

这故事只不过是他编造出来的。


习惯用语have all the trumps in one's hand (=hold some trumps)1.手里有王牌; 胸有成竹; 有必胜把握play a trump1.拿出王牌, 做出惊人之举put sb. to his trumps1.迫使某人打出王牌; 令某人陷于绝境, 令人技穷the last trump (=the trump of doom)1.(基督教)最后审判日的号声turn up trumps1.出乎意料地令人满意2.碰上好运trump up1.捏造
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