informal <非正式>
(conned, conning)with obj.
- persuade (someone) to do or believe something by telling them something that is not true欺骗; 哄骗：
I conned him into giving me your home number
我从他那里骗来你家的电话号码
she was jailed for conning her aunt out of £500,000
她因骗取她姑妈500,000英镑而被投入监狱
a bogus social worker conned her way into the pensioner's home.
一个假冒的社会福利工作者用欺骗的办法混进那位养老金领取者的家里。
- an instance of deceiving or tricking someone, especially by persuading them to believe something that is not true欺骗; 哄骗; 骗局：
the Charter is a glossy public relations con
这部宪章是一个虚有其表的公关骗局
as modifier a big con trick.大骗局。
词源
late 19th cent. (originally US)： abbreviation of CONFIDENCE, as in confidence trick.
- a disadvantage不利（地位或条件）; 劣势：
borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer.
借款人不得不权衡每个抵押报价的利弊。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin contra 'against'.
( <美> 亦作conn) Nautical 【航海】
(conned, conning)with obj.
- direct the steering of (a ship)指挥（船）的驾驶：
he hadn't conned anything bigger than a Boston whaler.
他还从未指挥过比波士顿捕鲸船更大的船只的航行。
noun
the con
- the action or post of conning a ship指挥驾船（岗位）。
词源
early 17th cent.: apparently a weakened form of obsolete cond 'conduct， guide'， from Old French conduire, from Latin conducere （see CONDUCE）.
(conned, conning)with obj.
- archaic study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing)〈古〉用功学习; 熟读; 默记：
the girls conned their pages with a great show of industry.
女孩们显得很用功地读着书本。
词源
Middle English cunne, conne, con, variants of CAN1.