1.
trick
: to make someone believe
something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do
something
騙某人去做某事
例:
I realized then that I had been tricked,
but it was too late.
(后來我才意識(shí)到自己被騙了,但為時(shí)已晚。)
trick somebody into doing something
The old man's sons had tricked him into
signing the papers.
(老人的幾個(gè)兒子騙老人簽了文件。)
trick somebody out of something
(=take something from someone by tricking them)
A man posing as an insurance agent tricked
her out of thousands of dollars.
(有個(gè)男人假裝是保險(xiǎn)中介,騙走她幾千美元。)
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2.
con
:
to trick someone
(口語)騙
備注:
''con''
常用于非正式的場(chǎng)合。
例:
He was trying to con me, and I knew it.
(他想騙我,我知道。)
He conned his way into the job.
(他想聘到這份工作,于是在簡(jiǎn)歷上造了假。)
con somebody into doing something
She was conned into volunteering.
(她被騙當(dāng)了志愿者。)
con somebody out of something
(=take something from someone by tricking them)
She conned me out of $50.
(她騙了我
50
美元。)
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3.
deceive
: to make someone who
trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if
they believe it
(正式)欺騙
備注:
''deceive''
常用于書面語中。
例:
This was a deliberate attempt to deceive
the public.
(這是想故意欺騙公眾。)
Many children's lies are unplanned and not
actually designed to deceive.
(小孩的謊言很多都是臨時(shí)編的、并非有預(yù)謀的欺騙。)
All through the summer Paula was deceiving
her husband while she was seeing another man.
(整個(gè)夏天里,寶拉都一直瞞著丈夫與別的男人見面。)
deceive somebody into doing something
Thousands of home buyers were deceived into
buying homes at inflated prices.
(無數(shù)的買房者買房時(shí)都被坑而多花了錢。)
deceive yourself
If you think that everyone is happy with
the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
(你要是覺得大家都喜歡這個(gè)計(jì)劃,你就是在自欺欺人。)
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4.
fool
: to make someone believe
something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick
瞞過
例:
His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone.
(大家一看就知道他戴了假發(fā)。)
fool somebody into doing something
They managed to fool the police into
thinking they had left the country.
(他們騙過了警方,讓警方相信他們已經(jīng)出鏡了。)
have somebody fooled
The brothers' act had us all fooled.
(他們兄弟倆的舉動(dòng)把我們都騙過了。)
you can't fool me
(備注:
''you can't fool me''
常用于口語中)
You can't fool me—I know he's already given
you the money.
(你騙不了我,我知道他已經(jīng)把錢給了你了。)
fool yourself
Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I
really thought he liked me.
(可能我是自欺欺人,但我真覺得他喜歡我。)
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5.
mislead
: to make people believe
something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or
by saying something that is only partly true
誤導(dǎo)
例:
The report is a deliberate and obvious
attempt to mislead.
(這個(gè)報(bào)道故意要誤導(dǎo)公眾。)
They were accused of misleading customers
about the nutritional value of their product.
(他們被控夸大其產(chǎn)品的營養(yǎng)價(jià)值,誤導(dǎo)消費(fèi)者。)
mislead somebody into doing something
Agents are accused of misleading clients
into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
(中介被控誤導(dǎo)客戶參加省錢計(jì)劃,這些省錢計(jì)劃實(shí)際上是保險(xiǎn)業(yè)務(wù)。)
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