start a rumor 造谣
分类: 英语学习方法
谣言:rumor /'rʊmɚ/
但“造谣”可不是make a rumor!
make只能表达 “编造出谣言”,想表达 “编造并传播” 谣言,地道的说法是 “start a rumor”。
I see Adam's hand in this , It would be just like him to start such a rumor .
我看得出来亚当在背后搞鬼,散布这种谣言很像他的作风。
Who started the rumor that I’m pregnant?
谁造的谣说我怀孕了?
He started the rumor to embarrass me.
他造谣就是为了让我难堪。
此外,造谣还可以用:cook up a story来表示↓↓↓
cook up =虚构,伪造。
"Tell me why you were late getting to school, and don't cook up a story that I won't believe, " Matthew's mother said.
“告诉我为什么上学迟到了,别编造,我不会相信的。”马休的妈妈说。