"The relevant people on the Canadian side should seriously learn and study the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations... Don't make specious statements that make a fool of oneself," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.
中國大連市中級人民法院周一對犯下毒品走私案的加拿大男子謝倫伯格判處死刑，加拿大總理特魯多稍後對此事表示“極度關切”，並指責中國作法“專橫”。另外，中國外交部發言人華春瑩周一表示，所謂中方“任意”拘押加方公民的指責是毫無根據的；她並告誡加方認真研讀國際法，不要“似是而非”、“貽笑大方”。
Start-Up Promises More Game Realism
Mr. Bush has invoked Vietnam to argue against leaving Iraq. That argument is specious, but there is a chilling similarity between the two American foreign policy disasters. In Vietnam, as in Iraq, American presidents and military leaders went to great lengths to pretend that victory was at hand when nothing could be farther from the truth.
紐約時報 社論 Published: August 31, 2007
Editorial
More Realism, Less Spin
Teenage Girls Playing Mothers
To help teenagers imagine what it is like being the mother of a newborn
child there is a special programme that supplies them with realistic baby
dolls.
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A start-up founded by former Apple engineers said its technology could bring film-like realism to computer games and change the way movie makers and other design professionals work.
specious
adjective FORMAL DISAPPROVING ━━ a. 見かけのいい, もっともらしい.
seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false:似是而非
a specious argument/claim
specious allegations/promises
superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
"a specious argument"
misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.
"the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty"
real (NOT IMAGINARY) Show phonetics
adjective
1 existing in fact; not imaginary:
Assuring the patient that she has a real and not imaginary problem is the first step.
There is a very real threat that he will lose his job.
2 real earnings/income, etc. the value of earnings, etc. after the effect of rising prices is considered:
Wages rose by 2.9% last year, but real earnings still fell by 1.3%.
realism
noun [U]
1 a way of thinking and acting based on the facts of a situation and what appears to be possible, rather than on hopes for things which are unlikely to happen:
His decision not to expand the business shows his down-to-earth realism.
Compare idealism at ideal (PRINCIPLE).
2 SPECIALIZED paintings, films, books, etc. that try to represent life as it really is:
The anti-drugs adverts used hand-held camera techniques to add to the gritty realism of the situations.
3 SPECIALIZED in science and philosophy, the belief that objects continue to exist in the world even when no one is there to see them
realist
noun [C]
1 someone who hopes for or accepts only what seems possible or likely, and does not hope for or expect more:
I'm a realist - I knew there was no way I could win, so I swam for a good finish, for points.
2 SPECIALIZED an artist, writer, etc. who represents life as it really is, rather than in an imagined way
realistic
adjective
1 accepting things as they are in fact and not basing decisions on unlikely hopes for the future:
Let's be realistic (about this) - I just can't afford to pay that much money.
It isn't realistic to expect people to work for so little money.
See also realpolitik.
2 seeming to exist or be happening in fact:
The special effects were so realistic.
realistically
adverb
1 according to the facts and what is possible:
Realistically speaking, he hadn't a hope, but that didn't stop him trying.
2 in a way that seems as if it exists:
He was made up very realistically to look like an old woman.
reality
noun
1 [S or U] the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be:
The reality of the situation is that unless we find some new funding soon, the youth centre will have to close.
He escaped from reality by going to the cinema every afternoon.
He seemed very young, but he was in reality (= in fact) older than all of us.
2 [C] a fact:
The book confronts the harsh social and political realities of the world today.
Her childhood ambition became a reality (= happened in fact) when she was made a judge.
realize, UK USUALLY realise
verb [T]
1 to cause something to be real or to exist or happen in fact:
Lots of money, a luxury house, a fast car - Danny had realized all his ambitions by the age of 25.
Ten years later her worst fears were realized.
See also realize.
2 LEGAL realize assets to change property, etc. into money:
He had to realize all his assets to pay off his debts.
realizable, UK USUALLY realisable
adjective
able to be made real or changed into money:
He doubted whether the plan was realizable in practice.
realizable assets
realization, UK USUALLY realisation
noun [S]
To win the Olympic gold medal was the realization of his life's dream.
Even the realization of all his assets (= changing property into money) would not be enough to prevent financial ruin.
See also realization at realize.
really
adverb
1 in fact:
He isn't really angry - he's just pretending.
You don't really expect them to refuse, do you?
2 used to express great certainty:
Thank you, but I really couldn't eat another thing.
He's really going to do it this time.
realpolitik (ray-AHL-PO-li-teek, ree-)
noun: Politics guided by practical considerations, instead of principles or ethics.
Etymology
From German Realpolitik, from real (real, practical) + politik (politics).
Usage
"Also gone is Sarkozy's former mocking of realpolitik as a political cop-out of cynical diplomats without principles." — Bruce Crumley; Why France is Selling Warships to Russia; Time (New York); Mar 3, 2010.
"Under the strongman Soeharto and Cold War realpolitik pragmatism, Indonesia received large scale US military support that leapfrogged its defense capability among its Southeast Asian neighbors, despite widespread criticism from international civil rights groups." — Ristian Atriandi; Rethinking RI-US Military Ties; The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Mar 17, 2010.
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