hearsay的意思|示意
n. 传闻，道听途说,小道消息,谣传,风言风语
hearsay的用法详解
《英语单词hearsay的用法讲解》
hearsay是英语中的一个常见单词，它的中文意思是耳闻，指的是一种“传闻”，即听说的消息而非亲身经历的事情。
hearsay一词可以用作名词，也可以用作动词，在句中可以担任不同的成分，根据语境而定。
1. 作名词，指“耳闻，传闻”：
He could not judge the truth of it without any evidence, for this was only hearsay.
他没有任何证据不能判断其真假，因为他只是听说的。
It was all hearsay, but it was reliable.
这都只是流言蜚语，但可靠。
2. 作动词，指“听说”：
We heard him hearsay he was to resign.
我们听说他要辞职。
I hearsay that he got married.
我听说他结婚了。
3. hearsay也可以作为形容词，指“耳闻的，只是传闻的”：
We should never believe something on hearsay.
我们绝不该相信耳闻。
What he said was only hearsay.
他所说的只是传闻。
总之，hearsay是一个很有用的英语词汇，它可以用作名词、动词和形容词，而且含义很形象，经常出现在日常的口语和书面语中。
hearsay相关例句
I knew by hearsay that he was the editor of the American Mercury.
我听说他是《美国信使》的编辑.
辞典例句
Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
道听途说: 蹒跚学步的孩子在听到有人讲脏话时做的事.
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She knew by hearsay that the Brainerds were wealthy and socially significant.
她听说白兰德家族又有钱又有地位.
辞典例句
That had not been hearsay.
这可不是传闻.
辞典例句
I don't believe it; it's merely hearsay.
我不相信, 那仅是谣传罢了.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
All this is mere hearsay.
这一切都只是传闻而已.
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