This myth has been passed off as fact in a number of news articles.

这个神话在许多新闻文章中被当成了事实。

In other Asian countries, people have died when the fish was passed off as something else.

在其他亚洲国家，当鱼被冒充为其他东西时，人们已经死亡。

If the company in question had a fashionable brand, a logo might at least be passed off as a cool consumer choice.

如果这家公司有一个很时尚的品牌，那么logo纹身至少可以作为一个很酷的消费者选择而蒙混过去。

Today, this idiom is used to describe when something fake is passed off as the real deal.

今天，这个成语被用来描述什么时候假货被冒充为真正的交易。

Before Harper Lee died in 2016, " Go Set a Watchman" , an early draft of " To Kill a Mockingbird" , was initially passed off as a discrete novel.

2016 年哈珀·李去世前，《杀死一只知更鸟》的初稿《设立守望者》最初被冒充为一部独立小说。