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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2019-10-17 01:21:23 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 65055 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) This is 圓 in LA's sense #2: 完成；（使）周全；（使）完整。 例 「圓夢」、「圓謊」、「自圓其說」。 2) It can be someone else's lie: 家長在現實生活中，亦早已習慣為子女圓謊 3) Example: 近日四川成都一名男子為了取得女友的歡心，揚言要給她拿75萬（人民幣，下同）買名車。但這位假裝的富二代，最後因無法圓謊，竟用刀自殘，假裝被搶劫。警察調查過程中起疑，終揭穿男子報假案，做出拘留和罰款處罰。 4) The following examples are from https://tw.xyzdict.com/chinese-english/%E5%9C%93%E8%AC%8A straighten out contradictions in a lie and make it plausible 他們或許會允許你在簡歷上用一個聽起來更高級的職稱，並且在被要求當證明人時替你圓謊。 They may allow you to use a more impressive-sounding title on your resume and play along when called as a reference if they like you. 如瓦爾特·科恩在他的小說「天空之上」里寫的，「他們在這種生意里是怎麼圓謊的？ As Walter Kirn writes of airlines in his novel 「Up in The Air,」 「How do they keep their lies straight in this business? 一開始就說實話可以讓你避免一旦不能圓謊就會損失慘重的窘境。 Telling the truth from the get-go will help you avoid situations in which telling the truth could mean the end of something otherwise magnificent. 一次說謊，百次圓謊。 One lie makes many. 為了圓謊，桃樂絲說一定是花瓶破掉時，有一小片碎片打中她的頭。 To cover up her lie, Doris said that when the vase broke, a small piece of it must have hit her head. |
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+ 圓謊 圆谎 [yuan2 huang3] /to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear)/to cover (for sb who has lied)/ |