"canard" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 謠言
• 假新聞

Definition

Canard 指的是假消息或謠言，特別是故意散播來欺騙他人的資訊。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Canard” 是正式詞彙，平常對話很少用，多出現在新聞、法律或學術語境，強調是刻意散播的假消息。日常通常說“謠言”或“假新聞”更自然。

Examples

The report about the celebrity was just a canard.

關於名人的那則報導只是一則**謠言**。

They spread a canard to damage his reputation.

他們散佈了一個**謠言**來損害他的名譽。

That story was a complete canard.

那個故事完全是個**謠言**。

Turns out, the scandal was all just a canard cooked up by his rivals.

結果這個醜聞只是他的對手編造的一個**假新聞**。

Don’t believe that old canard about the haunted house.

別相信那個關於鬧鬼房子的老**謠言**。

He dismissed the allegations as nothing more than a political canard.

他把這些指控當成政治**假新聞**一笑置之。