| 单词 | deceit |
| 释义 | de·ceit 1. < politics, being the art of deceit, suits only little minds — Encore > 2. a. b. 3. < far from deceit or guile — John Milton > Synonyms: < believes that deceit and mistrust are the essence of human relationships — Bergen Evans > < they held that the basest trickery or deceit was not dishonorable if directed against a foe — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < there is an element of sham and deceit in every imitation — John Dewey > duplicity usually implies double-dealing, bad faith, or false pretense < preaches honesty but practices duplicity — Leo Pfeffer > < so habitual was her duplicity that she would gaze softly at you, saying nothing when she was deceiving you — Ethel Wilson > < the cunning and duplicity they practiced — W.H.Hudson †1922 > dissimulation implies deceit by concealing what one actually is or feels < some in the household were convinced that her ravings and absurd actions were cunning dissimulation — E.J.Simmons > < she had revealed of late a chronic habit of dissimulation, and it was impossible to decide whether she was lying for diversion or speaking the truth from necessity — Ellen Glasgow > cunning implies, in one use, deceit by trickery or strategem or, in another similar use, an extreme, often vicious shrewdness < with such masterly cunning did they lay their measures for the avoidance of every possible chance of detection — George Meredith > < a third-rate, ungenerous person with a low mean cunning that is contemptible — H.J.Laski > < a people whose ruthlessness, tenacity, power, and cunning are … great — D.L.Cohn > < the bear is a favorite animal of the big-game hunter because of its cunning and agility — R.E.Trippensee > guile stresses, more than cunning, a subtle concealment or lack of obviousness of the arts practiced or tricks used < he had not the guile, patience, or ruthlessness to make a good Secret Service chief — Karl Robson > < guile and trickery — Willa Cather > and occurring most commonly in certain stock phrases, usually negative, the word has come to have a much weaker sense than cunning, implying only artfulness or the use of wiles < his profound innocence, that thorough absence of guile — Harvey Breit > < her deceit and illusion were harmless, wholly without guile — William Beebe > < she cannot be honest in the legal sense when this minor honesty inhibits her purpose, but this is guile rather than dishonesty — Sidney Monas > Synonym: see in addition imposture. |
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