口语学习技巧|start a rumor 造谣

谣言：rumor^{1 /rm/}

但造谣可不是make a rumor！

make只能表达 编造出谣言，想表达 编造并传播 谣言，地道的说法是 start a rumor。

I see Adams hand in this , It would be just like him to start such a rumor .

我看得出来亚当在背后搞鬼，散布这种谣言非常像他的作风。

Who started the rumor that Im pregnant?

哪个造的谣说我怀孕了？

He started the rumor to embarrass me.

他造谣就是为了让我难堪。

除此之外，造谣还可以用：cook up a story来表示

cook up =虚构，伪造。

Tell me why you were late getting to school, and dont cook up a story that I wont believe, Matthews mother said.

告诉我为何上学迟到了，别编造，我不会相信的。马休的母亲说。