TRICK/DECEIVE1 to trick someone and make them believe something that is not true2 to be tricked or deceived by someone3 a trick4 someone who is deceived5 someone who tricks other people6 when someone tricks or deceives someone7 intended to deceiveRELATED WORDSto use someone for your own advantage 为了自己的利益而利用某人USEsee alsoDISHONESTCHEATFALSELIETRUST/NOT TRUSTBETRAY1 to trick someone and make them believe something that is not true 欺骗某人使其相信不真实的事trick /trɪk/ [transitive verb]to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something 哄骗，欺骗 I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late. 那时我发觉自己被骗了，但为时已晚。 I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question. 我没打算要骗你，只管回答问题。trick somebody into doing something The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers. 那老人的几个儿子哄骗他在文件上签了名。trick somebody out of somethingtake something from someone by tricking them 骗取某人某物 A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars. 有个假冒是保险公司代理人的男子从她那里骗走了好几千元。con /kɒnǁkɑːn/ [transitive verb]informalto trick someone 【非正式】欺骗，哄骗，诈骗 He was trying to con me, and I knew it. 他是想诈骗我，这我很清楚。con somebody into doing something They conned the school district into buying the property. 他们哄骗学区买下了这片房地产。con somebody out of somethingtake something from someone by tricking them 骗取某人某物 She conned me out of $50. 她从我这里骗去了50美元。deceive /dɪˈsiːv/ [intransitive/transitive verb]especially writtento make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it 【尤书面】欺骗，诓骗，蒙骗 This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public. 这是蓄意要欺骗公众的行为。 Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive. 许多儿童说的谎话是没有计划的，并不是有意要骗人。 All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man. 整个夏天葆拉都在瞒着丈夫和另一个男人来往。deceive somebody into doing something Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices. 上千名购房者受了蒙骗，买下了价格过高的房子。deceive yourself If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself. 如果你认为人人都对这个计划很满意的话，那你是在自欺欺人。fool /fuːl/ [transitive verb]to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick 〔用简单的手法〕愚弄，欺骗 His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone. 他的假发谁都骗不了。fool somebody into doing something They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country. 他们设法骗警察相信他们已经离开了该国。have somebody fooled The brothers’ act had us all fooled. 他们几个兄弟的装假把我们都骗过了。you can't fool mespoken You can't fool me - I know he's already given you the money. 你骗不了我的，我知道他已经把钱给你了。fool yourself Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me. 也许我是在自欺欺人，但我是真的认为他喜欢我。mislead /mɪsˈliːd/ [intransitive/transitive verb]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 误导，使误信 The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead. 这份报告是在故意而且明目张胆地误导。 They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product. 他们被指责在产品的营养价值方面误导消费者。mislead somebody into doing something Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies. 代理人被指责误导客户签下了储蓄计划合同，而这些合同实际上却是保险单。set somebody up /ˌset somebody ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]to trick someone into doing something that they will be punished for or embarrassed by 诬陷某人，陷害某人，对某人设圈套 He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up. 去年秋天他被捕后，他说是联邦调查局设了圈套陷害他。 Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding. 托里和唐纳德认为是我诬陷了他们，这真是天大的误会。put one over on /ˌpʊt wʌn ˈəʊvər ɒn/ [verb phrase not in passive]informalto deceive someone, especially someone who is cleverer than you are, or someone who is not easily deceived 【非正式】欺骗某人，让某人上当〔尤指更为聪明的人或不容易上当的人〕 That's the last time he puts one over on me! 以后我再也不会上他的当了！ Lawyers claim that the tobacco industry, by failing to tell everything it knew about smoking, was putting one over on its customers. 律师说烟草行业故意隐瞒吸烟的危害，这是在欺骗消费者。pull the wool over somebody's eyes /ˌpʊl ðə ˌwʊl əʊvəʳ somebodyˈs ˈaɪz/ [verb phrase]informalto deceive someone, usually by hiding some facts or information 【非正式】蒙骗某人，欺骗某人 Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking. 别想骗我—我知道你在抽烟。 The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes again. 这些政客又在企图蒙骗选民了。lead somebody on /ˌliːd somebody ˈɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to make someone believe you and trust you, especially by making them think you are romantically interested in them 使某人误信，诱骗某人〔尤指通过让对方相信你对其心生爱意〕 I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on? 我不清楚他是真的关心我还是在骗我。 I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either. 我并不想欺骗凯茜，但我也不愿意伤害她的感情。take somebody for a ride /ˌteɪk somebody fər ə ˈraɪd/ [verb phrase]informalto deceive someone, especially so that you can get their money 【非正式】欺骗某人〔尤指为了骗钱〕 I'd already given him £50 when I realized he was taking me for a ride. 当我意识到他在骗我时，我已经给了他50英镑。 After the deal was signed, I felt like I'd been taken for a ride. 协议签好以后，我感觉就像是被骗了。double-cross /ˌdʌbəl ˈkrɒsǁ-ˈkrɔːs/ [transitive verb]to cheat someone you pretended to be helping or working with, especially by helping their enemies 欺骗，出卖 I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you. 我警告你：如果你出卖我，我就杀了你。 Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money. 哈里和丹尼骗了那伙人，拿了所有的钱逃走了。dupe /djuːpǁduːp/ [transitive verb]informalto trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else's dishonest activity without realizing it 【非正式】欺骗，哄骗 The spies duped government and military officials alike. 这些间谍把政府和军方的官员都骗了。dupe somebody into doing something The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story. 恶作剧者让受人尊敬的记者上了当，把他们的故事刊登了出来。2 to be tricked or deceived by someone 受了某人欺骗be tricked/deceived /biː ˈtrɪkt, dɪˈsiːvd/ [verb phrase] He knew he'd been tricked, but it was too late to do anything. 他知道自己被骗了，但要想弥补已经太迟了。be tricked/deceived by Don't feel bad - you weren't the only one who was deceived by his lies. 别生气了，你不是唯一一个受他谎话欺骗的人。be taken in /biː ˌteɪkən ˈɪn/ [verb phrase]to be deceived by someone's words or behaviour, so that you believe something about them that is not true 被欺骗，上当 He seemed so confident, that I was completely taken in. 他看上去那么自信，我完全给骗了。be taken in by We were all taken in by the scheme and invested far more money than we should have. 我们全都给这计谋骗了，投资进去的钱远远超过了合理的数目。fall for /ˈfɔːl fɔːʳ/ [transitive verb not in passive]to stupidly believe something that is untrue and is intended to deceive you 受…的骗，上…的当；对…信以为真 Doug is too clever to fall for a story like that! 道格十分聪明，不会被那种故事骗倒的！ She completely fell for his nonsense about being rich and famous. 他说自己有钱又有名望，她完全被这一派胡言骗了。be fooled /biː ˈfuːld/ [verb phrase]to be deceived by someone's behaviour, words, or appearance, especially when the result is not serious 受骗，被愚弄〔尤指后果并不严重的受骗〕 Don't let yourself be fooled - she's not as nice as she seems. 别上当——她不像表面做出来的那么好。be fooled by A lot of people were fooled by what he said, but I was sure he was lying. 许多人被他所说的话骗了，但我肯定他是在撒谎。be set up /biː ˌset ˈʌp/ [verb phrase]to be tricked into doing something that results in you being punished or embarrassed 上当，受骗，被诬陷〔以致受到惩罚或感到尴尬〕 I'm innocent! I was set up! 我是清白的！我被诬陷了！be set up by The young man's claim that he had been set up by the police was eventually supported by several witnesses. 那年轻人说他被警察诬陷，他的说法最终得到了几个证人的支持。be duped /biː ˈdjuːptǁ-ˈduːpt/ [verb phrase]to be deceived by someone, especially so that you become involved in their dishonest activity without realizing it 受骗；中圈套 When the police arrived to arrest her, she realized she had been duped. 当警察抵达后拘捕她时，她才意识到自己受骗了。be duped by Richie couldn't believe he had been set up and duped by his friends. 里奇无法相信自己竟然被朋友设下圈套欺骗了。3 a trick 诡计trick /trɪk/ [countable noun]a clever plan designed to make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something that you want them to do 诡计，计谋，花招，骗局 He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him. 他玩花招假装生病，以骗她过去看望他。 Don't send her any money - it might be a trick. 别寄钱给她，那可能是个骗局。a trick questiona question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong answer 设下圈套的问题，使人容易答错的问题 He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question. 他拒绝回答，怀疑他们是在问他设下圈套的问题。trap /træp/ [countable noun]a clever plan designed to harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught or attacked, or making them say something they will be punished for 圈套，诡计，陷阱 I didn't take the money with me, because I was worried it might be a trap. 我没把那笔钱带在身上，因为我担心这可能是个圈套。 Sensing the lawyer's trap, Horvath refused to answer. 森辛意识到那个律师设下的圈套，因此拒绝回答。deception /dɪˈsepʃən/ [countable noun]especially writtensomething that is said or done with the deliberate intention of deceiving people 【尤书面】诡计；骗人的话 Ann quickly saw through his lies and deceptions. 安很快就识破了他的谎言和诡计。 What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network. 开始时的误会很快就演变成了网络上的一场故意欺骗了。ruse /ruːzǁruːs, ruːz/ [countable noun]a trick, especially one that is amusing and not very serious 诡计，计策〔尤指逗人乐的、不十分认真的小花招〕 It was just a ruse to get what I wanted! 这只是我的一个花招，以得到我想要的东西！ She asked to use the telephone as a ruse to enter the house. 她以请求借用电话作为计策进屋。hoax /həʊks/ [countable noun]a false warning about something dangerous, given especially to someone in an official position, for example the police 〔尤指针对警察等官方人员的〕恶作剧 To everybody's great relief, the bomb scare turned out to be a hoax. 炸弹恐吓原来是一场恶作剧，这让每个人都松了一口气。 I got an email about another computer virus, but I'm pretty sure it's just a hoax. 我收到一封电子邮件说有另一种电脑病毒，但我非常肯定这只是恶作剧。congame/con /ˈkɒngeɪmǁˈkɑːn-, kɒnǁkɑːn/ [countable noun]informala trick to get someone's money or make someone do something 【非正式】骗钱；诈骗，诡计 The two men were involved in an elaborate con to cheat investors out of their money. 这两个人涉及一宗精心策划的诈骗投资者金钱的案子。 Senior citizens are usually easy targets for con games. 年长者一般很容易成为诈骗案的目标。put-up job /ˈpʊt ʌp ˌdʒɒbǁ-ˌdʒɑːb/ [countable noun]when something that happens is not what it seems to be, and is really an attempt to deceive people 骗局，圈套 Journalists suspected that the kidnapping was a put-up job. 新闻记者怀疑这宗绑架案是个骗局。 The demonstration was a put-up job, organized by the authorities so they could arrest the cult leaders. 这场示威游行是个圈套，是当局为逮捕邪教头目而组织的。scam /skæm/ [countable noun]informala clever and dishonest plan to get money 【非正式】欺诈，骗局；骗钱 The welfare scam was costing the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars. 福利欺诈使联邦政府损失惨重。 The offer of a ‘free’ vacation to Florida sounds like a scam to me. 去佛罗里达州“免费”度假在我听来像是个骗局。diversion /daɪˈvɜːʳʃən, d-ǁ-ʒən/ [countable noun]a trick that is intended to take someone's attention away from what someone else is trying to do 转移注意力的诡计，声东击西的手段 Some of the prisoners started a fight as a diversion to give the others time to escape. 几个囚犯打起架来以转移注意力，使其他囚犯有时间逃跑。create a diversion Rioters created a diversion by setting fire to vehicles close to the police station. 暴乱者在警察局附近放火焚烧车辆以转移警察的注意力。decoy /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ [countable noun]a person or thing that is used to trick someone by taking their attention away from an illegal or criminal act 〔使某人不注意非法或犯罪行为的〕诱饵 You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back. 你来做诱饵，我们从后面溜出去。 The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police. 窃贼放火以转移视线，使他们能逃脱警察的追捕。4 someone who is deceived 受骗上当的人dupe /djuːpǁduːp/ [countable noun]someone who is tricked by someone else, especially so that they become involved in the other person's dishonest plans without realizing it 上当受骗者，被人利用的工具〔尤指受骗参与违法之事的人〕 Investigators believe Dailey was a dupe for international drug smugglers. 调查人员认为戴利只是被国际毒品贩子所利用的工具。unwitting dupe Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists. 一些人把这个家庭描绘成不知不觉上了阴谋论家的当。sucker /ˈsʌkəʳ/ [countable noun]informalsomeone who believes everything they are told, even when it is clearly not true 【非正式】容易上当受骗的人 I know I'm a sucker. I'll give $10 to anyone who tells me they're hungry or wants a cup of coffee. 我知道自己是个容易上当的人。谁告诉我他们肚子饿或想喝杯咖啡，我就会给他们十美元。 Some poor suckers had paid more than three times what they should have for the tickets. 一些可怜的受骗者以多于三倍的价钱买了票。mug /mʌg/ [countable noun]British informalsomeone who is easily deceived, especially so that they do much more or give much more than is fair or reasonable 【英，非正式】容易上当受骗的人，傻瓜〔尤指他们做的或给出的都大大超出了合理的程度〕 He's asked me to work over the weekend again - he must think I'm some kind of mug. 他又要我周末加班工作一他一定以为我是傻瓜。 Don't be a mug! That picture's not worth as much as that! 别傻了！那幅画不值那么多钱！5 someone who tricks other people 欺骗别人的人con man/con artist/scam artist /ˈkɒn mæn, ˈkɒn ˌɑːʳtstǁˈkɑːn-, ˈskæm ˌɑːʳtst/ [countable noun]someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them 〔诈取钱财的〕骗子，欺诈者 A pair of con men have been tricking older people in the community out of their life savings. 两个骗子在社区内诈骗老年人一生的积蓄。 Don't be fooled by con artists who promise enormous returns on your investment with no risk. 别上骗子的当，他们承诺你的投资回报丰厚，而且没有风险。 Petty scam artists victimize tourists on the streets. 小骗子专在街上骗游客。crook /krʊk/ [countable noun]informala dishonest person who steals things or tricks people 【非正式】骗子 I wouldn't do business with him - he's a crook. 我不会和他做生意，他是个骗子。 People have accused me of being a crook, but I didn't take any money that wasn't mine. 大家指责我是骗子，可我没拿走一分不属于我的钱。charlatan /ˈʃɑːʳlətən/ [countable noun]someone who pretends to have special skills and abilities and tricks people into believing them 假充内行的骗子 Some psychic charlatan convinced her she was going to die in six months. 有个假充有通灵术的骗子使她相信自己将于六个月内死去。 Charlatans advertise a variety of fat-reducing treatments in the back of magazines. 骗子们在杂志封底刊登各种各样的减肥疗法广告。quack /kwæk/ [countable noun]informala dishonest person who pretends to be a doctor who can cure diseases 【非正式】冒牌医生，江湖郎中 Larry paid some quack over a thousand dollars to cure his insomnia. 拉里付给某个江湖郎中一千多元治疗失眠症。 That quack doesn't know anything about treating heart disease. 那个冒牌医生对治疗心脏病一窍不通。shyster /ˈʃaɪstəʳ/ [countable noun]American informala dishonest person, especially a lawyer 【美，非正式】奸诈的人，不择手段的人，卑鄙小人〔尤指律师〕 Their lawyer is a shyster who would do anything to win a case. 他们的律师是个不择手段的人，为了打赢官司什么事都干得出来。 Once the shysters get involved, you can be sure we'll end up in court. 奸诈的律师一旦牵涉进来，那就可以肯定我们免不了要上法庭了。snake-oil salesman/peddler /ˈsneɪk ɔɪl ˌseɪlzmən, ˈpedləʳ/ [countable noun]Americansomeone who deceives people by persuading them to accept false information, solutions etc that are not effective 【美】〔劝人接受虚假信息、无效的解决方案等的〕骗子 Critics have called the Senator a smooth-talking snake-oil peddler. 批评家称这位参议员为花言巧语的骗子。 Latenight TV is full of snake-oil salesmen offering get-rich-quick schemes. 深夜电视节目中满是推销快速致富计划的骗子。6 when someone tricks or deceives someone 某人欺骗某人deception /dɪˈsepʃən/ [uncountable noun]the act of deceiving someone, especially by telling them lies 欺骗〔行为〕〔尤指说谎〕 I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception, at times, to achieve their objectives. 我肯定许多商人有时候为了达到目的会使用某种欺骗手段。 She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs. 她丈夫为掩饰婚外情而说的谎话以及欺骗手段使她感到震惊。deceit /dɪˈsiːt/ [uncountable noun]the act of deceiving someone - use this to show strong disapproval 欺骗，欺诈〔用于表示强烈的反对〕 His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit. 他的政敌指责他有腐败和欺诈行为。 He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected. 他发觉自己正身处一个欺骗行为不仅被接受，而且还期待它发生的世界里。set up /ˈset ʌp/ [countable noun]a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something that results in them being punished 圈套，陷害，骗局 Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you? 这是不是个骗局？我凭什么要相信你? The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess. 整件事情都是为让伯利招供而设下的圈套。trickery /ˈtrɪkəri/ [uncountable noun]especially writtenthe use of clever plans or actions to deceive someone 【尤书面】花招，圈套，奸计 It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition. 这是使反对派极为愤怒的一个政治圈套。 He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery. 靠着花言巧语和耍花招，他终于把想要的弄到了手。7 intended to deceive 故意欺骗的deceitful /dɪˈsiːtfəl/ [adjective]words or actions that aredeceitful are intended to deceive someone 欺诈的，骗人的，不老实的 He got the contract, but only by being deceitful. 他得到了这份合同，但用了欺诈的手段。 I don't trust her. I think she has a deceitful smile. 我不相信她，我觉得她笑得不老实。 The company has engaged in deceitful practices for years. 这家公司从事欺诈活动已经有好多年了。misleading /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ [adjective]misleading information or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts 〔资料或陈述〕误导的，骗人的 The advertisements were deliberately misleading and false. 这些广告是在故意误导和作假。 In court Robbins made misleading statements about his involvement. 在法庭上罗宾斯对自己是否有参与作了误导性的陈述。it is misleading to say/treat/speak of etc It would be misleading to say that the recession will soon be over. 说经济衰退很快会过去，那是骗人的。misleadingly [adverb] Private schools in Britain are often misleadingly called public schools. 英国的私立学校称为公学常常令人误解。under false pretencesBritish/under false pretensesAmerican /ʌndəʳ ˌfɔːls prɪˈtenszǁ -ˈpriːtensz/ [adverb]if you do somethingunder false pretences, you do it by pretending that the situation is different from what it really is 以欺诈手段 He got a loan from the bank under false pretences. 他从银行骗取了贷款。 Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses. 移民局官员试图逮住以欺诈手段入境的人。