1(of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.

我并非有意要骗人们相信这是法国香槟。

1. 1.1 (of a thing) give a mistaken impression.
   （某事）使得给出错误印象，误导
   the area may seem to offer nothing of interest, but don't be deceived

   这一地区表面上没有什么令人感兴趣的东西，但是不要被表象误导。

   no object everything about him was intended to deceive

   有关他的一切都是为了骗人。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • But a word of caution - the season continues well into November so don't let the good start deceive you.
   • What's strange is that, for some odd reason, my memory is deceiving me.
   • I moved closer to the screen, not sure if my eyes were deceiving me.
   • No, my friends, your eyes are not deceiving you.
   • Don't let its looks deceive you: aloe vera is, in fact, a member of the lily family.
   • Microsoft argues that our memories often deceive us: experiences get exaggerated, we muddle the timing of events and simply forget stuff.
   • I thought my eyes were deceiving me, as, in the far distance I spied what looked like rows of silver pods suspended against the dark hills.
   • His looks may deceive you into thinking he is still in his teens but 32-year-old Angus is a father of two boys Niquan two and Shaquan four.
   • No, your eyes do not deceive you - 85 games crammed on to one disc, a task made easier because most take up only a few megabytes each, but it is still a bargain.
   • That is, (if the obtuse language doesn't deceive me), within the law.
   • Pat Fenlon advanced a small bit but seemed to have the ball covered, however the ball deceived him and ended up in the St Mullins net.
   • Bethany, are my eyes deceiving me, or is that Tara talking to David Walker?
   • After watching the pilot DVD in stunned silence, I had to check a few episodes on disk 2 of the four DVD set, just to make sure that my eyes hadn't deceived me.
   • The fact that we stopped gabbling for 15 minutes says it all, and in the intervening week I've been tempted to hop in my car and drive for an hour and a half just to check that my tastebuds weren't deceiving me.
   • Your gut instincts won't deceive you - but the conclusions you draw from them, and decisions you make, may.
   • Stanley winger Rory Prendergast opened the scoring on 24 minutes with a low drive from outside the box that deceived Altrincham keeper Richard Acton.
   • For the first few minutes of the men's match, I thought my eyes were deceiving me - these were the fastest, most athletic soccer players I had ever seen.
   • Mrs Atkinson is also sure that her eyes were not deceiving her.
   • Well, just to see if my memory deceived me, I bought Isn't Anything on CD having long since lost my cassette of it.
   • If you can make out a soft purr, or a meow, or maybe the gentle sound of milk being lapped up from a dish, do not assume that your ears are deceiving you.
2. 1.2deceive oneself Fail to admit to oneself that something is true.
   自欺，欺骗自己
   enabling the rulers to deceive themselves about the nature of their own rule

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Any record company that believes illicit song file distribution hinders their ability to sell music is deceiving itself - how else will anyone find out about the gazillion CDs that are out there?
   • ‘We shouldn't deceive ourselves about this man,’ the president said.
   • Smokers who think the soothing effects of tobacco make up for the risks may be deceiving themselves badly, according to a new theory.
   • There are few truly evil people in the world, and so it is of vital importance for those who wield illegitimate power to deceive themselves into believing they do so justly.
   • Only someone determined to deceive himself or others would pretend otherwise.
   • The only other possibility is that he was still deceiving himself at age 43, which is incredibly hard to believe.
   • The principle behind a chain letter is basically the same as a pyramid scheme, except that with chain letters, you don't have to deceive yourself as much as with pyramid schemes.
   • However, it is no use deceiving ourselves that we can look 25 again.
   • Anyone who thinks that's how it's going to be is deceiving themselves.
   • Adding to the evils of status-seeking is that people often deceive themselves and others into believing that they are doing something for a higher motive when in fact they are seeking status.
   • Psychologist Ray Hyman provides a very telling example of how gurus and true believers can deceive themselves into believing what has been demonstrated to be false.
   • Testimonials are not a substitute for scientific studies, which are done to make sure that we are not deceiving ourselves about what appears to be true.
   • ‘He is a Walter Mitty-type figure who deceives himself into believing that he has achieved great things when all he has done is talked about them endlessly,’ said Mr Costello.
   • But, and I am genuinely sorry to say this, we deceive ourselves if we believe that we can change the world by this means.
   • We then embarked on a three-hour conversation about the fabric of reality and the way we have deceived ourselves about the true nature of the world.
   • The trick is, as Perry points out, is to learn how to deceive myself more efficiently.
   • Yet if republicans are tempted to think that the worst is now over, they are surely deceiving themselves.
   • That was a shock, he admits, although now he laughs at how easily a child could deceive himself that somehow, even at boarding school, his parents would still be around.
   • It wouldn't protect thousands of players from continuing to deceive themselves that, maybe, just maybe, that next jackpot will be theirs.
   • Take it for what it is baby and stop deceiving yourself.
3. 1.3 Be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner).
   对（固定性伴侣）不忠
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Her partner deceives her, but she doesn't know it; her children fail, but she is told they succeed; she believes she has the admiration of others, but they laugh at her behind her back.
   • A person who has actually been deceived by their partner feels threatened, robbed, deceived and cheated, and is left feeling jealous and torn between love and hate.
   • He deceived his wife with at least two other women, one of whom became pregnant
   • I didn't love my husband, but I never deceived him in that way. I'm not some sort of cheap woman.

   Synonyms

   be unfaithful to, be disloyal to, be untrue to, be inconstant to, cheat on, cheat, betray, break one's promise to, play someone false, fail, let down