faker
noun [ C ] disapproving uk/ˈfeɪ.kər/ us/ˈfeɪ.kɚ/
(OF FEELING)
虚情假意的人
a person who shows or pretends to feel emotions that are not sincere, or to be something that he or she is not
A great actor has to be a great faker. 一个优秀的演员必然是一个会假装的人。
The novel invites us into a world of braggarts and fakers. 这部小说带我们进入了吹牛者和造假者的世界。
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- Some of our greatest writers are some of journalism's greatest fakers.
- The movement has just as many fakers as saints.
- He calls his competitors thieves, frauds, fakers, and incompetents.
(OF ILLNESS)
假装某种感情的人;装病的人
a person who pretends to have a feeling or illness
There exists an entire class of patients known plainly as fakers. 有一类病人就是爱装病。
One of the problems is the perception of stress being a faker's illness. 其中一个问题是，人们认为压力是假装出来的。
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- A faker tricked family and friends out of more than £200,000 by claiming he had cancer.
- It is the story of a deadly medical faker and the Chicago doctor who helped stop him.
(OF OBJECT)
伪造者，造假者
a person who makes objects that look real or valuable in order to deceive people
The gadget faker operates or sells his phony machines for $5 to $10,000. 这个造假机器的人以5到1万美元的价格操作或销售他的假机器。
He is a skilled faker of antiques. 他是一个熟练的古董伪造者。
See: fake
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- Fighting fakers is challenging for brands that must try to convince officials that counterfeiting is a serious crime.
- Pointing out obvious blemishes, he told us that these paintings were done by bad fakers and there are much better copies around.