英语词汇“con”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

concon1 /kɑn/ verb (conned, conning) [transitive] informal

ETYMOLOGYcon¹

Origin: 1800-1900 confidence trick

VERB TABLE

con

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	con
	he, she, it	cons
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	conned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have conned
	he, she, it	has conned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had conned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will con
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have conned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am conning
	he, she, it	is conning
	you, we, they	are conning
Past	I, he, she, it	was conning
	you, we, they	were conning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been conning
	he, she, it	has been conning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been conning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be conning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been conning

1to trick someone in order to get money or get him or her to do something: con somebody out of something He tried to con me out of $20.con somebody into doing something Tyrell conned several millionaires into investing in his business.2con yourself to try to make yourself believe something that is not true: If you think she’ll take you back after this, you’re just conning yourself.

verb | noun

concon2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYcon²

Origin: (1) 1800-1900 ➔ CON¹ (2) 1800-1900 ➔ CONVICT¹

1a trick to get someone’s money or make him or her do something: If I’d known it was a con, I wouldn’t have given him any money.2slang a prisoner SYN convict → see also ex-con3something that is a disadvantage → see also the pros and cons (of something) at pro1 (3)