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Counterfeit money

 

counterfeit 偽造的 / 偽冒品 / 偽造

(adjective 形容詞) / (noun 名詞) / (verb 動詞)

 

= fake (not genuine)

 

(adjective 形容詞)

例子：Hong Kong police have found 60 counterfeit HK$1,000 notes.

 

(noun 名詞)

例子：The counterfeits of the 2003-series banknotes were found.

 

(verb 動詞)

例子：The woman admitted that she counterfeited the jeans and sold them in her boutique.

 

forge 仿冒

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Two people were arrested in Hong Kong after 19 forged HK$1,000 notes were found with the cash they were depositing in a bank in Tsim Sha Tsui district.

 

forge + an agreement / a relationship 建立關係 / 結盟

 

例子：The Prime Minister is determined to forge a good relationship with other countries.

 

genuine 真確的 / 真誠的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

= sincere / real / honest/ truthful

 

例子：He is a genuine man.

 

fake 假的

(adjective 形容詞) / (noun 名詞) /  (verb 動詞)

 

to fake a feeling/ emotion/ reaction 假裝 / 掩飾

(verb 動詞)

例子： She is trying to fake her sadness by laughing out loud.

 

fraud 詐騙

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：He was jailed for 5 years for fraud and deception.

 

stem 防止蔓延 / 擴散 /遏止

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Hong Kong’s banking regulator introduced more measures to stem counterfeiting after fake HK$1,000 notes were found in the city and Macau.

 

screen / identify / spot / detect 篩選 / 辨認 / 認出/ 偵測

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has asked banks to provide employees with training on features of counterfeits and to ensure they have sufficient manpower for screening banknotes.

 

例子：Staff are trained to detect/identify/spot fake notes.

 

How to spot a fake banknote?

 

  • Run your finger across the front of the note, you should feel raised print.
  • Hold the note up to the light and check the watermark.
  • Look for the metallic thread running through every genuine note.

 

run your finger across sth：摸

raised print：凸印油墨

watermark：水印

metallic thread：金屬線

   
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