| 单词 | cheat |
| 释义 | cheat (tʃiːt ) Word forms: cheats , cheating , cheated 1. verb B2 When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam. Students may be tempted to cheat in order to get into top schools. [VERB] cheating uncountable noun B2 In an election in 1988, he was accused of cheating by his opponent. 2. countable noun B2 Someone who is a cheat does not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying. Cheats will be disqualified. 3. verb If someone cheats you out of something, they get it from you by behaving dishonestly. The company engaged in a deliberate effort to cheat them out of their pensions. [V n + out of/of] Many brokers were charged with cheating customers in commodity trades. [VERB noun] 4. cheat death phrase If you say that someone cheats death, you mean they only just avoid being killed. [journalism] He cheated death when he was rescued from the roof of his blazing cottage. 5. feel cheated phrase [VERB inflects] If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly. The storyline is fatally compromised by an ending that leaves you feeling horribly cheated. Phrasal verbs: cheat on 1. phrasal verb B2 If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person. [informal] I'd found Philippe was cheating on me and I was angry and hurt. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If someone cheats on something such as an agreement or their taxes, they do not do what they should do under a set of rules. [mainly US] Their job is to check that none of the signatory countries is cheating on the agreement. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Quotations: Cheats never prosper Collocations: cheat the taxpayer Police discovered thousands of documents, each filed under the almost 200 identities used to cheat the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times No criminal charges are being pursued against them for cheating the taxpayer. The Sun Anyone who cheats the taxpayers should have their property confiscated and money recovered from it. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 欺骗, 欺骗 Japanese: 詐欺師, だます |
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