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- no obj. act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination作弊; 欺诈：
she always cheats at cards.
她打牌时总是作弊。
1.1
- with obj. gain an advantage over or deprive of something by using unfair or deceitful methods; defraud骗取; 诈取：
he had cheated her out of everything she had.
他骗走了她拥有的一切。
1.2
- use different and inferior materials or methods unobtrusively, especially in order to save time or money偷工减料; 以次充好：
the dish should be made with cream, but many restaurants cheat.
这道菜应该用奶油, 但许多餐馆偷工减料。
1.3
- informal be sexually unfaithful〈非正式〉不忠：
his wife was cheating on him.
他的妻子对他不忠。
2
- with obj. avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill侥幸逃脱：
she cheated death in a spectacular crash.
在一场骇人的撞车事故中她死里逃生。
2.1
- archaic help (time) pass〈古〉消磨（时间）：
the tuneless rhyme with which the warder cheats the time.
门卫为了消磨时间哼唱的难听小调。
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- a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage骗子。
1.1
- an act of cheating; a fraud or deception欺诈行为, 欺骗, 诓骗。
1.2
- mass noun a children's card game, the object of which is to get rid of one's cards while making declarations about them which may or may not be truthful说谎游戏（一种儿童纸牌游戏, 出牌时喊叫的点数可真可假, 牌先脱手者胜）。
词源
late Middle English: shortening of ESCHEAT (the original sense).