speciously
adverb uk/ˈspiː.ʃəs.li/ us/ˈspiː.ʃəs.li/
似是而非地;貌似有理地;虚假地
in a way that seems to be right or true, but is really wrong or false
This inequality was speciously justified by reasoning that women had less need for education than men. 为这种不平等找的虚假理由是女性对教育的需求比男性少。
He claims, perhaps speciously, that the two had a relationship. 他声称这两人有过恋爱关系，这是不实的。
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- Nations have a history of speciously justifying invasions.
- Robespierre was speciously promising peace and a return of prosperity as a reward for handing him complete control of the reins of power.
- They argued speciously that categorizing these attacks as hate crimes actually made racism worse.