爱华网【英语词汇】
forge、falsify、fabricate、makeup
counterfeit、fake
佳中
这组动词都有“伪造”、“捏造”、“编造”的意思。
forge本意是“锻造"、“打制”，也可表示“伪造”、“捏造”、“编造”。
1）These machineparts havebeenforgedwith thefinest steel.
这些机器零件得用优质的钢锻造。
2）She alleged thatTaylor hadforged her signature on theform.
她声称泰勒在表格上伪造了她的签名。
3）The policearrested eight persons who forged and sell variouscredentials.
警察初逮捕了8名伪造和销售各种证件嫌疑人。
4）A digitalsignature is a "stamp" placed on the data, which is unique andvery
difficult to forge.
数字签名是一种放在数据的“邮票”，是独一无二的，很难伪造。
falsify多指伪造文件、证件、数据等，其形容词是false (假的)。
1）The government hasintroduced new penalties for officials whofalsify
statistics.
政府已经制定了新的处罚篡改统计官员。
2）The diploma heshowed us turned out to be falsified.
他向我们出示的文凭原来是伪造的。
3）Now quite a fewprivatetradersfalsifytheiraccounts to evade taxing.
现在不少私营商贩做假帐来逃避征税。
4）All those who trytofalsifyhistory arebound to end up at criminals in
history.
一切伪造历史的人必然会成历史的罪人。
fabricate本意是“制造”，指将各部件构成整体。也常引申出“编造”、
“捏造”的意思，指编造、捏造故事、事实等，非正式英语中用 make up
替代。
1）Many methods havebeen developed to fabricate micro parts. Lasermicro-
fabrication is used to process micro part in recentyears.
已经研发许多方法制造微零件。激光微制造技术近年来用来加工微零件。
2）Compound surfacesare more difficult and expensive to fabricate.
复合表面在制造上更难，花费更大。
3）He fabricated /make up many flimsy facts to cover up his scheme tobetray
the company.
他编造了许多经不起证实的事实，意图掩盖出卖公司阴谋。
4）You should by nomeans believe what he told you. His whole storyis
fabricated / made up,not genuine.
你决不能相信他所告诉你的事。他的整个故事都是是制造编造出来的，不是真的。
5）The reason he givefor his absence is obviouslyfabricated / madeup.
他提出的缺席理由显然是瞎编的。
6）In the days tocome he will havetofabricate/ make up onefalsehood after
another to cover the lie he told and the fault hecommitted.
以后的日子，他便常常为掩饰过失与谎言而不得不再造出新的谎言。
counterfeit 和 fake这两个词可用作动词，表示“伪造”、的意思，则重指
“仿造”、“假冒”某物，如货币、证书、笔迹和商品等。
1）It is a crimetocounterfeitmoney.
伪造货币是犯罪行为。
2）Someone hascounterfeited my handwriting. I never wrote a line of thispaper.
有人伪造了我的笔迹。这张纸上没有一行是我写。
3）Producers are notallowed tofakeor use thequality marks such as
certification marks and fine quality product marks.
生产者不得伪造或者冒用认证标志、优标志等质量标志。
4）Fingerprintreaders offer greater security, because it is almost impossibleto
fake a human digit.
指纹阅读器提供更大的安全，因为它几乎不可能伪造人类的指纹。
