Deceive
[dɪ'siːv] or [dɪ'siv]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause someone to believe an untruth; 'The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house'.
(verb.) be false to; be dishonest with.
校對:佩德罗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.
(v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.
(v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
整理:塔尼娅
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, hood-wink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes.
手打:索菲
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Trick, cheat, beguile, delude, gull, dupe, take_in, over_reach, mislead,betray, ensnare, entrap, circumvent
ANT:Enlighten, advise, illumine, guide, disabuse, undeceive, deliver
杰里手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to mislead or cause to err: to cheat: to disappoint.—adj. Deceiv′able that may be deceived: exposed to imposture.—n. Deceiv′ableness.—adj. Deceiv′ably.—n. Deceiv′er.
整理:玛米
例句/造句/用法:
- Mr. Jarndyce took great pains to talk with him seriously and to put it to his good sense not to deceive himself in so important a matter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I can only suppose now, that it was a part of his policy, as a very clever man, habitually to deceive his own instruments. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Let it deceive them, then, a little longer; it cannot deceive them too much. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Don't deceive yourself, my dear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Not to deceive myself, I must reply--No: I felt desolate to a degree. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Believe her to be deceived, by all means. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- And, continued Joe Scott, Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- You deceived me--not by words, but by appearances, which are less seen through than words. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Had Edward been intentionally deceiving her? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Dear Mr. Jingle was not deceiving me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And yet Ursula knew she was only deceiving herself, and that he would proceed. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- All your attentions to the niece--rather rude, than otherwise, to the aunt--only way of deceiving the old ones. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She received my concurrence with pleasure, and a thousand times over thanked her deceiving, deceitful brother. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Was he not deceiving himself? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- But we must remember that she is but nineteen as yet, unused to the art of deceiving, poor innocent creature! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Then is God perfectly simple and true both in word and deed; he changes not; he deceives not, either by sign or word, by dream or waking vision. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- No, I won't tell him; besides, it an't true; Missis never deceives us. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But unconscious casuistry deceives us all. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- God then is true, he is absolutely true; he changes not, he deceives not, by day or night, by word or sign. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But Mr. Jorkins has a way of stating his objections which often deceives people. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
手打:温迪