| 单词 | con |
| 释义 | con (once / 635 pages) 1nadv 2nv 3v 4n A con, or confidence game, is a swindle — when you take advantage of someone's trust. If you con someone out of their life savings, you might wind up a con — as in convict. The word con has many meanings, none of them good. An argument has pros and cons, and the cons are always the downside. An ex-con is someone who spent time in jail as a convict, and a con artist is someone who scams people out of their money. WORD FAMILYcon: cons USAGE EXAMPLESQualls, a junior defensive lineman, was asked what pros and cons he would weigh in his decision. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) He’s an advocate for simple living but his research explores both the pros and cons of frugality. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) There’s a split in the yoga world about the pros and cons of flesh-eating but unanimous consent that gluttony is not your friend. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n an argument opposed to a proposal Ant|Hyper pro an argument in favor of a proposal argument, statement a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true 2adv in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc. 2much was written pro and con Ant pro in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. 1n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting sting operation a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) cheat, rig, swindle the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme 2v deprive of by deceit 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunco, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize short, short-change cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit v commit to memory; learn by heart 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper learn, memorise, memorize alternate, understudy be an understudy or alternate for a role hit the books, study learn by reading books n a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison Syn|Hypo|Hyper convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird lifer a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment trustya convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges captive, prisoner a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war |
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