1. trick: a clever plan designed to
make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something
that you want them to do 比較高明的騙局
例：
He pretended to be sick as a trick to get
her to visit him. （他假裝生病，好讓她來看自己。）
Don't send her any money - it might be a
trick. （別給她寄錢，這可能是個騙局。）
a trick question (=a question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong
answer)
He refused to answer, suspecting they were
asking him a trick question. （他懷疑他們給自己下套，所以拒絕回答這個問題。）
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2. trap: a clever plan designed to
harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught
or attacked, or making them say something they will be punished for 陷阱，下套
例：
I didn't take the money with me, because I
was worried it might be a trap. （我沒有帶錢來，因為我怕這是個陷阱。）
Sensing the lawyer's trap, he refused to
answer. （他感覺到律師在給他下套，所以拒絕回答問題。）
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3. deception: something that is said
or done with the deliberate intention of deceiving people 故意欺騙
備注：''deception''常用于書面語中。
例：
Ann quickly saw through his lies and
deceptions. （安一眼就看穿了他在撒謊。）
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4. ruse: a trick, especially one
that is amusing and not very serious 無傷大雅的小把戲、小手段
例：
It was just a ruse to get what I wanted! （這只是為了得到我想要的東西而耍的小手段而已。）
She asked to use the telephone as a ruse to
enter the house. （她想借用電話，以此為借口進(jìn)了房子。）
She tried to think of a ruse to get Paul
out of the house. （她試圖想個法子讓保羅走出家門。）
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5. hoax: a false warning about
something dangerous, given especially to someone in an official position, for
example the police謊報險情
例：
To everybody's great relief, the bomb scare
turned out to be a hoax. （這起炸彈威脅最后只是個惡作劇，這讓大家都松了一口氣。）
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6. con game/con: a trick to get
someone's money or make someone do something 騙錢或騙人做事的騙局
備注：''con
game/con''常用于非正式的場合。
例：
The two men were involved in an elaborate
con to cheat investors out of their money. （這兩個人精心策劃了一個騙局，騙取投資人的錢財。）
Senior citizens are usually easy targets
for con games. （老年人通常很容易被騙。）
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7. put-up job: when something that
happens is not what it seems to be, and is really an attempt to deceive people 被發(fā)現(xiàn)端倪的騙局
例：
Journalists suspected that the kidnapping
was a put-up job. （記者懷疑這次綁架案是個騙局。）
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8. scam: a clever and dishonest plan
to get money 以高明的不實手段騙錢，誆騙
備注：''scam''常用于非正式的場合。
例：
The offer of a "free" vacation to
Florida sounds like a scam to me. （讓我免費去佛羅里達(dá)旅游，這聽起來像騙局。）
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9. diversion: a trick that is
intended to take someone's attention away from what someone else is trying to
do 分散某人的注意力以做壞事
例：
Some of the prisoners started a fight as a
diversion to give the others time to escape. （一些囚犯放火引開警方注意力，讓其他囚犯可以借機(jī)逃跑。）
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10. decoy: a person or thing that is
used to trick someone by taking their attention away from an illegal or
criminal act 假目標(biāo)，引誘
例：
You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the
back. （你去引開他們，我們從后面溜出去。）
The burglars started the fire as a decoy so
that they could escape from police. （小偷放火引開警察，這樣他們才能逃脫。）
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