Deception
[dɪ'sepʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'sɛpʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
(n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
(n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
手打:兰斯洛特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Imposture, imposition, DECEIT.[2]. Trick, cheat, ruse, wile, stratagem, chouse.
錄入:罗兰
同義詞及反義詞：
[See DECEIT]
布赖恩手打
解釋/意思:
n. act of deceiving: the means by which it is sought to deceive.—n. Deceptibil′ity.—adjs. Decept′ible capable of being deceived; Decep′tious (Shak.) deceitful; Decep′tive tending to deceive: misleading.—adv. Decep′tively.—n. Decep′tiveness.—adj. Decep′tory tending to deceive.
阿尔玛編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Life, said Socrates, was deception; only the Soul lived. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The whole cruelty of Sir Percival's deception had fallen on poor Lady Glyde. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- This is not thy deception, nor thy witchcraft: it is the work of nature. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But the deception could not be kept up forever. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Yet, unless we balance it, this insistence upon his vanity, egotism, self-deception, and hot desire does not complete the justice of the case. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I think Henrique, now, has a keener sense of the beauty of truth, from seeing lying and deception the universal badge of slavery. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I said; I would only ask you to be consistent; or, if you change, change openly and let there be no deception. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But still it was a deception, and, as such, to a person of my principles, at best a doubtful proceeding. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- To repay my confidence with systematic deception, for her sake, and quit me for her! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- That _she_ could be in any danger from the deception never entered my head. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The disgrace of lending herself to a vile deception is the only disgrace with which I can conscientiously charge Mrs. Rubelle. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The more he thought of this long passage of his life, the more clearly he saw his deception. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I am to remain on this gaudy platform on which my miserable deception has been so long acted, and it is to fall beneath me when you give the signal? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The rare value of Machiavelli is just this lack of self-deception. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The self-deceptions of wealth, power, and prominence wear thin. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- See, brother, he said, the deceptions of the devouring Enemy! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- How to understand the deceptions she had been thus practising on herself, and living under! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
手打:路易