trumped up

同根派生

英汉例句

• These charges are trumped up and cannot hold water.
  这些罪名是捏造的，是站不住脚的。
• The story was simply trumped up by him.
  这故事只不过是他编造出来的。
• She was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.
  她始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The boy trumped up a fantastic story about his absence.
  男孩为自己的缺席造一套离奇的谎话。
• He trumped up a tale of having been robbed on the road.
  他编造了一套谎言，说他在半路上被抢劫了。