单词 | cheat |
释义 | verb | noun cheatcheat1 /tʃit/ ●●● S2 W3 verb 1[intransitive] to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or test: In the movie, she lies and cheats to get what she wants.cheat on He got caught cheating on the test.cheat at Mary always cheats at cards. You can’t look – that’s cheating.THESAURUScopy – to cheat by looking at someone else’s text or schoolwork and writing what he or she has written: Stop copying or I’ll tell the teacher.plagiarize – to copy someone else’s words or ideas and pretend they are your own: She got caught plagiarizing an article from the Internet in her essay, and was kicked out of college.2[transitive] to trick or deceive someone who trusts you: Are you trying to cheat me?cheat somebody (out) of something He cheated clients out of thousands of dollars.3[intransitive] to be unfaithful to your husband, wife, or sexual partner by secretly having sex with someone else: cheat on I would leave her if she ever cheated on me.4[intransitive] to do something that is not the usual or proper way of doing something, in order to do it more easily: I cheated and bought the birthday cake from a store.5feel cheated to feel that you have been treated wrongly or unfairly and have not gotten what you deserve: Many of the workers feel cheated by not getting their bonuses.6cheat death/fate to manage to avoid death or a very bad situation even though it seemed that you would not be able to [Origin: 1500–1600 cheat legal removal of someone’s property (14–17 centuries), from escheat] verb | noun cheatcheat2 ●●● noun [countable] 1someone who is dishonest and cheats SYN cheater: a liar and a cheat2a set of instructions given to a computer that make it easier for someone who is playing a computer game to win |
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