| 释义 | mountebankmoun‧te‧bank /ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/ noun [countable] literary    mountebankOrigin:1500-1600 Italian montimbanco, from monta in banco  ‘get on the bench’; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface a dishonest person who tricks and deceives peopleAre 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.
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