| 单词 | deceive |
| 释义 | deceive (dɪsiːv ) Word forms: deceives , deceiving , deceived 1. verb B2 If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself. He has deceived and disillusioned us all. [VERB noun] She deceived her father into thinking she was going to school. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: take in, trick, fool [informal], cheat 2. verb If you deceive yourself, you do not admit to yourself something that you know is true. Alcoholics are notorious for their ability to deceive themselves about the extent of their problem. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 3. verb If something deceives you, it gives you a wrong impression and makes you believe something that is not true. His gentle, kindly appearance did not deceive me. [VERB noun] The boys, if my eyes did not deceive me, were praying. [VERB noun] Collocations: deceive the public To me this was designed to deceive the public. The Sun The law makes it a crime for anyone, such as a company executive or director, to provide false or misleading information to deceive the public. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, they deceived the public into thinking the moraine was protected while surreptitiously giving their developer friends just about everything they'd asked for in the first place. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 欺骗 Japanese: だます |
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