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单词 mountebank
释义
mountebankmoun‧te‧bank /ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/ noun [countable] literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmountebank
Origin:
1500-1600 Italian montimbanco, from monta in banco ‘get on the bench’; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface
Examples
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  • Are you allowing yourselves to be fooled by this mountebank, this harlequin?
  • He hated being the object of public attention and ridicule like some fairground mountebank.
  • Politically, Mr Ashdown is a mountebank, not a moralist.
  • She was to marry this mountebank, this hypocritical toad of a Sir Thomas.
a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people
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