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单词 easy mark
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Definition of easy mark in US English:

easy mark

noun
informal
  • A person who is easy prey; a weakling or a sucker.

    an easy mark for a grifter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Terrorists are actually targeting contractors and nongovernmental organization personnel because they are easy marks.
    • You still won't be completely immune to problems, but 99% of the time the threat will pass you by, looking for the easy mark.
    • It's one of the most underreported crimes and during the final hectic week of holiday shopping, you could be an easy mark.
    • The teens are targeting prey they see as easy marks, people on their own and those affected by alcohol.
    • If you're running a big tab, you're an easy mark.
    • She was such an easy mark, she almost begged to be the butt of many jokes and pranks.
    • As any con man will tell you, you can never con an honest man; it's the guy who thinks he's going to get something for nothing who's an easy mark.
    • Far from buying protection, the bank revealed itself as a easy mark, amenable to blackmail.
    • He looked out of place, which made him an easy mark.
    • An obvious reason for divers being singled out as easy marks is that even your average thief can work out that when you set off for a morning dive you will be gone for a set amount of time.
    • Is it a copycat robbery, peer pressure, a particularly easy mark, or something else?
    • Either that, or some database somewhere has us listed as easy marks, and marks who actually pay their bills, too.
    • In fact, Mia's so bad natured we're all guilty of messing with her because she's such an easy mark.
    • Can anti-war films do more than hit, by now, an easy mark?
    • The elderly are easy marks, and in electoral college rich Florida, Social Security is the third rail of politics.
    • Snaring people who are an easy mark for a fine, rather than preventing road deaths, seems to the object of the exercise.
    • Because I'm a baseball fan, I tend to be an easy mark for baseball-themed movies.
    • The New York hustler is down to his last seven dollars and needs to find an easy mark.
    • A few people, claiming to have marketing expertise, tell me it is well known that those who avoid marketers are typically easy marks.
    • They started doing it in reality TV, where writers don't have union protections and are easy marks for getting this kind of material in there.
 
 

Definition of easy mark in US English:

easy mark

noun
informal
  • A person who is easy prey; a weakling or a sucker.

    an easy mark for a grifter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Terrorists are actually targeting contractors and nongovernmental organization personnel because they are easy marks.
    • The elderly are easy marks, and in electoral college rich Florida, Social Security is the third rail of politics.
    • She was such an easy mark, she almost begged to be the butt of many jokes and pranks.
    • You still won't be completely immune to problems, but 99% of the time the threat will pass you by, looking for the easy mark.
    • If you're running a big tab, you're an easy mark.
    • The teens are targeting prey they see as easy marks, people on their own and those affected by alcohol.
    • Because I'm a baseball fan, I tend to be an easy mark for baseball-themed movies.
    • Either that, or some database somewhere has us listed as easy marks, and marks who actually pay their bills, too.
    • As any con man will tell you, you can never con an honest man; it's the guy who thinks he's going to get something for nothing who's an easy mark.
    • Far from buying protection, the bank revealed itself as a easy mark, amenable to blackmail.
    • In fact, Mia's so bad natured we're all guilty of messing with her because she's such an easy mark.
    • The New York hustler is down to his last seven dollars and needs to find an easy mark.
    • An obvious reason for divers being singled out as easy marks is that even your average thief can work out that when you set off for a morning dive you will be gone for a set amount of time.
    • It's one of the most underreported crimes and during the final hectic week of holiday shopping, you could be an easy mark.
    • Snaring people who are an easy mark for a fine, rather than preventing road deaths, seems to the object of the exercise.
    • He looked out of place, which made him an easy mark.
    • A few people, claiming to have marketing expertise, tell me it is well known that those who avoid marketers are typically easy marks.
    • Is it a copycat robbery, peer pressure, a particularly easy mark, or something else?
    • Can anti-war films do more than hit, by now, an easy mark?
    • They started doing it in reality TV, where writers don't have union protections and are easy marks for getting this kind of material in there.
 
 
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