Wordiyospecious
🇬🇧 UK/'speiʃәs/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Appearing reasonable or true but actually false or misleading; deceptively plausible.
似是而非的；貌似有理却实为谬误的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.specious argument似是而非的论点
- 2.specious reasoning貌似有理的推断
- 3.specious claim虚假的说辞
- 4.[specious logic]站不住脚的逻辑
Example Sentences
- 1.
The lawyer dismissed the opposing argument as specious and logically flawed.
- 2.
His specious reasoning convinced many people, but experts quickly saw through it.
- 3.
The advertisement made specious claims about the product's health benefits.