1·I heard an apocryphal story about a Japanese firm that installed a turbine which needed electric power to keep it turning to save the face of its would-be-green owners.
我听说过一个杜撰的故事，一个日本公司安装了一台涡轮机，但却需要用电力来保持它运转来保护其“环保”的面子。
2·There's been, probably apocryphal, stories about children who are raised by wolves or by dogs.
有很多狼或狗抚养儿童的故事,当然这些故事有可能是杜撰的
3·This ExcerptaRiccardi manuscript has been dated around 1580, and therefore the anecdote is probably apocryphal.
这份“里卡迪文摘”手稿大约写于1580年，也因此这宗轶事很可能是杜撰的。