Deceptive
[dɪ'septɪv] or [dɪ'sɛptɪv]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; 'the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm'; 'deliberately deceptive packaging'; 'a misleading similarity'; 'statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading'; 'shoddy business practices' .
(adj.) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; 'deceptive calm'; 'a delusory pleasure' .
布鲁克整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
校對:凯特
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Deceitful, deceiving, delusive, illusive, illusory, misleading, fallacious, clap-trap, false.
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例句/造句/用法:
- When theory runs against the grain of living forces, the result is a deceptive theory of politics. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Just as deceptive as plain fraud is the deceptive ballot. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- This is a pleasant surprise, sir, said Mr. Ablewhite, addressing himself with his deceptive cordiality to Mr. Bruff. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- And how deceptive appearances may be, to be sure! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The following will make a splendid article, and you know what you are getting without paying high prices for weak extracts put up in deceptive little panel bottles. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Popular history is deceptive if it is used to furnish a picture for coming events. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact, he answered, laughing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I may _hope_ it--yes--but hope is deceptive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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