trumped-up

He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown .

他终鼓不起勇气摊牌。

She was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.

她终鼓不起勇气摊牌。

Every time John is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse.

每次约翰晚回家都会编造个新借口。

Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job.

他的几位同事诬告他,使他丟掉工作。

It became clear, during the trial, that most of the charges against the defendant were trumped up.

在审判中已搞清, 被告的大部分指控是捏造的。

Sylvia does not get on with the supervisor and the danger is that he will trump up some charge to discredit her.

西尔维亚与主管人相处得不好, 因而害怕他会捏造一些罪名使她名誉扫地。