| 单词 | deception |
| 释义 | de·cep·tion 1. a. < resort to falsehood and deception in avoiding the tax > b. < the magician's deception of the audience by clever tricks > 2. < skilled in evasions, deceptions, and ruses > Synonyms: < the deception practiced by this corrupt and treacherous group > < the deception in this boxer's feints > fraud, unless humorously or lightly used, indicates dishonest or even criminal deception, especially misrepresentation or perversion of the truth in order to defraud < he would sometimes “write in” for articles necessary for his education … in order to eke out his pocket money … these frauds were sometimes … in imminent danger of being discovered — Samuel Butler †1902 > double-dealing suggests performance of actions incompatible with or contradictory to an ostensible role; sometimes it indicates treachery by secretly aiding a party while professedly a member or ally of its enemy < his double-dealing in collaborating secretly with the enemy occupation forces while belonging to the patriot resistance group > trickery indicates use or practice of tricks to deceive, of artful stratagems or crafty ingenuities, and usually suggests sharp practice or actual dishonesty < they held that the basest trickery or deceit was not dishonorable if directed against a foe — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > chicane and chicanery, the latter being now the more common form, suggest legalistic trickery, especially trickery by misrepresenting, misleading, confusing, or other shyster devices < the labyrinthine procedure that so delayed justice and helped chicane — Times Literary Supplement > < a disintegrating society, rotten and fluid within … made … chicane indispensable to winning riches — Marvin Lowenthal > subterfuge refers to any shady trick or artifice to conceal, escape, avoid, or evade < whether notes issued by such a bank constituted a subterfuge by which the state in effect was emitting bills of credit in the sense forbidden by the Constitution — Harvey Pinney > Synonym: see in addition imposture. |
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