| 单词 | deceive |
| 释义 | deceiveWord family noun deceit deceiver deception deceivabilityadjective deceitful deceptive deceivableverb deceive adverb deceptively deceivably de·ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] 1 TRICK/DECEIVEto make someone believe something that is not true 欺骗 → deception He had been deceived by a young man claiming to be the son of a millionaire. 他被一个自称是百万富翁之子的年轻人骗了。 deceive somebody into doing something He tried to deceive the public into thinking the war could still be won. 他试图欺骗公众相信这场战争仍有胜算。 deceive somebody about something I wouldn’t deceive you about anything as important as this. 像这么重要的事我不会欺骗你的。 Register In everyday English, people usually say trick rather than deceive: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 trick ,而不说 deceive She thought they were trying to trick her. 她觉得他们在试图骗她。 2 deceive yourself PRETENDto refuse to believe that something is true because the truth is unpleasant 自欺 I thought she loved me, but I was deceiving myself. 我以为她是爱我的，但我是在自我欺骗。 deceive yourself that He didn’t deceive himself that he and Ruth could remain friends. 他并未自欺地认为他和露丝能继续做朋友。 Examples from the Corpus deceive yourself• I loved her, but I never deceived myself.• Many parents deceive themselves about their children's behavior.• If a man dissemble, deceive, he deceives himself, and goes out of acquaintance with his own being.• It was no use deceiving herself any longer.• Was she not indeed, not only trapping herself, but deceiving herself, being, to herself, a traitor?• She deceives herself more than she deceives anyone else.• Not for a moment had she been able to deceive herself that she was anything but bad, truly bad.• He could almost deceive himself that she was confiding in him. 3 SURPRISEDto give someone a wrong belief or opinion about something 使误信，误导 Don’t be deceived by the new cover – this is a rehash of old hits. 别被新封面误导，这只是一些经典老歌的翻唱作品。 —deceiver noun [countableC] n THESAURUS deceive especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public. trick to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something A man posing as an insurance agent had tricked her out of thousands of dollars. fool to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick His hairpiece doesn’t fool anyone. 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 The company was accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of the product. dupe informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else’s dishonest activity without realizing it The spies duped government and military officials alike. con informal to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not true I’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to con me. Examples from the Corpus deceive• Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.• Those options are limited: shoot, kill, make love, deceive, ambush -- that sort of thing.• I have been badly deceived and robbed.• Kyl said voters had been deceived by supporters of the new bill.• All through the summer Paula was deceived her husband while she was seeing another man.• She deceives herself more than she deceives anyone else.• So mortals learned that it is not possible to get the better of Zeus or ever deceive him.• Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.• She looks up and smiles at him with a sophisticated, coy, deceiving smile.• This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.• I wouldn't deceive you about anything as important as this.• If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself. deceive somebody into doing something• Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices. From Longman Business Dictionary deceivede·ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ verb [transitiveT] to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get what you want Postal officials have long deceived the public on how slow mail delivery really is. deceive somebody into something Investors were deceived into thinking that their money would be protected. (1200-1300) Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere |
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