单词 | con |
释义 | con —con /kɒn/ aep /kɑːn/ noun [C usually plural] INFORMAL (DISADVANTAGE) ► F0 a disadvantage or a reason for not doing something: » One of the cons of buying a bigger car is that it costs more to run.» You have to weigh up all the pros and cons of the matter before you make a decision.Thesaurus+: ↑Advantage and disadvantagenoun [C] INFORMAL (TRICK) ► F0 a trick to get someone's money, or make them do what you want: » It's a con - you get half the food for twice the price!» a con trickThesaurus+: ↑Cheating and tricking , ↑Plotting and trappingnoun [C] SLANG (PRISONER) ► F0 a CONVICT(Cf. ↑convict) nounThesaurus+: ↑People held in prisonverb [T] (-nn-) INFORMAL ↑Verb Endings for con ► F0 to make someone believe something false, usually so that they will give you their money or possessions: » She felt she had been conned into buying the car.» Thieves conned him out of his life savings.» He managed to con £20 out of them (= get that amount from them by deceiving them).Thesaurus+: ↑Cheating and tricking , ↑Plotting and trapping |
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