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genuine
['dʒenjuin]
a. 真正, 真, 诚恳

[医] 真性

  1. He has a genuine desire to help us.
    诚意愿意
  2. Is this bracelet genuine gold?
    纯金吗?
  3. A genuine friend will not desert you in time of adversity.
    真正而去。




genuine
[ adj ]
  1. not fake or counterfeit

  2. <adj.all>
    a genuine Picasso
    genuine leather
  3. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

  4. <adj.all>
    genuine emotion
    her interest in people was unfeigned
    true grief
  5. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

  6. <adj.all>
    her actual motive
    a literal solitude like a desert
    a genuine dilemma




genuine \gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to
beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See
{Gender}.]
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;
hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated;
authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a
genuine production; genuine materials. ``True, genuine
night.'' --Dryden.

Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated.
See {Authentic}. -- {Gen"u*ine*ly}, adv. --
{Gen"u*ine*ness}, n.

The evidence, both internal and external, against
the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
--Macaulay.