a phony

基本解释

You might think that it would be easy to make a phony dollar bill.
你也许会认为制造假美钞很容易。
She always had opinions of the people she met. She could ‘smell a phony a mile away.’
她对于遇见的人总是有评价，甚至可以在一里外嗅出谁是骗子。
Forexample, a phony webpage could copy the logo, icon, and design of your ownbank’s website
例如，骗子可以伪造您所属银行的官方网页：他们可以连商标、标识甚至是网页设计都仿制的分毫不差。简直就像在您所住的街区开办了一家虚假店面一样。

I should add that in some sense this is a phony Fibonacci straw-man Fibonacci.
我应该补充一点,那就是从某种意义上来说,这是一个不真实的,名义上的。
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Our crook-sniffing equipment is sensitive and we can usually smell a phony a good way off.
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