单词 | deception |
释义 | deception (dɪsepʃən ) Word forms: deceptions variable noun Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone. He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception. Synonyms: trick, lie, fraud, cheat Quotations: Deceive boys with toys, but men with oaths O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!Marmion You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time One may smile, and smile, and be a villainHamlet We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving othersMaxims Collocations: deliberate deception Fireworks that were not fireworks but computer-generated graphics, for example - a deliberate deception that may have been harmless, but was a deception nonetheless. Times, Sunday Times This amounts to a deliberate deception by omission. Times, Sunday Times Questions about the deliberate deception about the case for war would hover over it all. Times, Sunday Times It reveals 'at best economic illiteracy and at worst deliberate deception' by government. Times, Sunday Times A medical tribunal ruled his actions were a 'deliberate deception'. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 欺骗 Japanese: 欺くこと |
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