英文里怎么表達(dá)“騙子”？
1. con man/con artist/scam artist:
someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them 騙錢的騙子
備注：''con
man/con artist/scam artist''常用于口語中。
例：
A pair of con men have been tricking older
people in the community out of their life savings. （有兩個騙子騙走了社區(qū)里很多老人的全部積蓄。）
She gave $11,000 to two con artists who
pretended to be bank officials. （有兩個騙子假裝是銀行職員，她被他們騙了$11,000。）
Petty scam artists victimize tourists on
the streets. （有些騙子在路上欺騙游客。）
2. crook: a dishonest person who
steals things or tricks people 不誠實的人
備注：''crook''常用于非正式的場合。
例：
I wouldn't do business with him - he's a
crook. （我不會跟他做生意的，他就是個騙子。）
People have accused me of being a crook,
but I didn't take any money that wasn't mine. （人們都說我是個騙子，但我沒拿別人一分錢。）
3. charlatan: someone who pretends
to have special skills and abilities and tricks people into believing them 江湖騙子，聲稱自己有特殊技能或能力的人
例：
Some psychic charlatan convinced her she
was going to die in six months. （有個算命先生告訴她，她只剩六個月的命了。）
Charlatans advertise a variety of
fat-reducing treatments in the back of magazines. （一些江湖術(shù)士在雜志背面登了一系列降脂的廣告。）
4. quack: a dishonest person who
pretends to be a doctor who can cure diseases 蒙古大夫
備注：''quack''常用于非正式的場合。
例：
quacks selling weight-loss drugs（賣減肥藥的江湖騙子）
Larry paid some quack over a thousand
dollars to cure his insomnia. （拉瑞為了治好失眠，付給這個庸醫(yī)一千多塊錢。）
5. shyster: a dishonest
person, especially a lawyer 訟棍，不擇手段的律師
備注：''shyster''常用于美式英語中的非正式場合。
例：
Their lawyer is a shyster who would do
anything to win a case. （他們請的這個律師是個為了贏官司會不擇手段的訟棍。）
Once the shysters get involved, you can be
sure we'll end up in court. （只要這些訟棍介入，我們肯定要法庭見了。）
6. snake-oil salesman/peddler:
someone who deceives people by persuading them to accept false information,
solutions etc that are not effective 江湖騙子，糊弄人相信虛假信息或無效之物的人
備注：''snake-oil
salesman/peddler''常用于美式英語中。
例：
Late night TV is full of snake-oil salesmen
offering get-rich-quick schemes. （晚間節(jié)目盡是江湖騙子講授快速致富法門。）
Critics have called the Senator a
smooth-talking snake-oil peddler. （評論家把這個議員稱為花言巧語的江湖騙子。）
7. cheat: 騙子
備注：美式英語中常用''cheater''。
例：
Don't pretend you can't afford to pay me
that money back - you're nothing but a cheat and a liar!（別假裝還不起錢了！你就是個騙子?。?/span>
My grandmother thinks all car salesmen are
cheats. （我奶奶覺得所有賣車的都是騙子。）
I'll never play cards with you again, you
cheater!（我不會再跟你打牌了。你這個騙子?。?/span>
8. swindler: someone who regularly
cheats people or organizations to get money 經(jīng)常騙錢的騙子
例：
That firm is a bunch of swindlers. Don't
pay them anything until the goods have been delivered and checked. （這就是個騙子公司，在收到貨之前千萬別付錢。）
I wasn't going to let any kid of mine work
among those swindlers on Wall Street. （我不會讓我的孩子們?nèi)トA爾街跟那些騙子一起做事。）
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