Cheat
[tʃiːt] or [tʃit]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a deception for profit to yourself.
(verb.) defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
(verb.) deprive somebody of something by deceit; 'The con-man beat me out of $50'; 'This salesman ripped us off!'; 'we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme'; 'They chiseled me out of my money'.
(verb.) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; 'Who's chiseling on the side?'.
塞西莉亚校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
(n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
(n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
(n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
(n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
(n.) To beguile.
(v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
(n.) Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
休伯特校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Defraud, trick, deceive, dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, impose upon.
n. [1]. Trick, deception, imposture, imposition, juggle, stratagem, finesse, fraud, circumvention, delusion, artifice, deceit, chouse, BAM.[2]. Trickster, impostor, rogue, knave, swindler, sharper, cheater, artful fellow.
校對:塞尔玛
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Deception, fraud, imposition, trick, artifice, illusion, imposture, swindle,finesse, deceit, lie, fiction
ANT:Troth, reality, verity, fact, certainty, genuineness, verification, honesty,authenticity
SYN:Overreach, fleece, silence, trick, gull, cozen, juggle, defraud, swindle, dupe,beguile, deceive, deprive, hoodwink, prevaricate, dissemble, shuffle, inveigle
ANT:Enlighten, guide, remunerate, compensate, undeceive, disabuse
德洛丽丝校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to deceive defraud impose upon.—v.i. to practise deceit.—n. a fraud: one who cheats.—ns. Cheat′er one who cheats: (Shak.) an officer who collected the fines to be paid into the Exchequer; Cheat′ery (coll.) cheating.—Put a cheat upon to deceive.—Tame cheater a decoy.
整理:罗伯塔
例句/造句/用法:
- He did cheat, I saw him. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- There was no sham and no cheat, and no hollow unreal in him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The townsmen despise and cheat the nomads, the nomads ill-treat and despise the townsfolk. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But that's the way you cheat yourself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I'll cheat you yet! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- We don't cheat in America, but you can, if you choose, said Jo angrily. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- You spare, thin men are always tempting and always cheating Death! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Serve him right, said Sir Pitt; him and his family has been cheating me on that farm these hundred and fifty years. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It means lowering the value of the stone, and cheating the rogues in that way! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Kicked on that occasion for cheating at dice? 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Ever live by cheating at play? 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I believe that on the day of the murder Adair had discovered that Moran was cheating. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The check was handed back to him, and Edison, fancying for a moment that in some way he had been cheated, went outside to the large steps to let the cold sweat evaporate. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Moreover, there is little evidence that the commonalty felt cheated by the priests, or had anything but trust and affection for the early priesthoods. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is curious, when a man is bent upon play, by what clumsy rogues he will allow himself to be cheated, Dobbin said; and Emmy said, Indeed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Looking out for a king and queen, and seeing only a middle-aged soldier and a rather young lady, I felt half cheated, half pleased. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Epstein,' said Bergmann, 'you have cheated me, and I will no longer sell by the lot, but will sell only by the pound. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If I kept the secret, my silence concealed the character of the man who had cheated Laura into marrying him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am cheated in fewer things than you imagine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Every body lies and cheats--every body who is in business, at any rate. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Most of the cheats of existence are strong. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They are not to be thought of as cheats or usurpers of power, nor the rest of mankind as their dupes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You don't suppose Crawley cheats? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I believe, she said, I was quite mista'en in my thoughts of you: but there is so mony cheats goes about, you mun forgie me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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