"canard" in Chinese (Simplified)
谣言假新闻
Definition
Canard 指的是假消息或谣言，尤其是那些故意传播来欺骗他人的信息。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“Canard” 是正式用语，日常对话中不常用，主要用于新闻、法律或学术场合，强调是假消息并且有意误导他人。日常会用“谣言”或“假新闻”来表达类似意思。
Examples
The report about the celebrity was just a canard.
关于名人的那则报道只是一则**谣言**。
They spread a canard to damage his reputation.
他们散布了一个**谣言**来破坏他的名誉。
That story was a complete canard.
那个故事完全是个**谣言**。
Turns out, the scandal was all just a canard cooked up by his rivals.
结果这个丑闻只是他的对手编造的一个**假新闻**。
Don’t believe that old canard about the haunted house.
别相信那个关于闹鬼房子的老**谣言**。
He dismissed the allegations as nothing more than a political canard.
他把这些指控当成政治**假新闻**一笑置之。