deceive
verbWord Family
- deceive verb
- deceit noun
- deceitful adjective
- deception noun
- deceptive adjective
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they deceive | |
| he / she / it deceives | |
| past simple deceived | |
| past participle deceived | |
| -ing form deceiving |
- [transitive]
to make somebody believe something that is not true 欺骗；蒙骗；诓骗 - deceive somebody
Her husband had been deceiving her for years. 她丈夫多年来一直在欺骗她。 - deceive somebody into doing something
She deceived him into handing over all his savings. 她把他所有的积蓄都骗了出来。
Synonyms cheatcheatTopics Personal qualitiesb2, Crime and punishmentb2- fool
- deceive
- betray
- take in
- trick
- con
- cheat to make somebody believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them:
She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman. 她被指控企图蒙骗税务员。 He cheated his way into the job. 他骗取了这份工作。
- fool to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to laugh at them or to get what you want:
Just don’t be fooled into investing any money with them. 别上当受骗，同他们一起搞什么投资。
- deceive to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially somebody who trusts you, in order to get what you want:
She deceived him into handing over all his savings. 她把他所有的积蓄都骗走了。
- betray to hurt somebody who trusts you, especially by lying to or about them or telling their secrets to other people:
She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him. 她发现他的真实情况时，感到受了欺骗。
- take somebody in [often passive] to make somebody believe something that is not true, usually in order to get what you want:
I was taken in by her story. 我被她的花言巧语蒙骗了。
- trick to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in a clever way, in order to get what you want.
- con (informal) to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do something for you:
They had been conned out of £100 000. 他们被骗走了 10 万英镑。
- Many of these words involve making somebody believe something that is not true, but some of them are more disapproving than others. Deceive is probably the worst because people typically deceive friends, relations and others who know and trust them. People may feel cheated/betrayed by somebody in authority who they trusted to look after their interests. If somebody takes you in, they may do it by acting a part and using words and charm effectively. If somebody cheats/fools/tricks/cons you, they may get something from you and make you feel stupid. However, somebody might fool you just as a joke; and to trick somebody is sometimes seen as a clever thing to do, if the person being tricked is seen as a bad person who deserves it.
- to cheat/fool/trick/con somebody out of something
- to cheat/fool/deceive/betray/trick/con somebody into doing something
- to feel cheated/fooled/deceived/betrayed/tricked/conned
- to fool/deceive yourself
- to cheat/trick/con your way into something
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- deliberately
- attempt to
- try to
- into
- deceive somebody
- [transitive] deceive yourself (that…)
to refuse to admit to yourself that something unpleasant is true 欺骗（自己） - [transitive, intransitive] deceive (somebody)
to make somebody have a wrong idea about somebody/something 使人误信；误导 Unless my eyes deceive me, that's his wife. 如果我没有看错的话，那是他的妻子。 the hallmarks of a detective mystery where appearances deceive 外表欺骗的神秘侦探的特征
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere ‘catch, ensnare, cheat’.
Idioms
flatter to deceive
- (British English)
if something flatters to deceive, it appears to be better, more successful, etc. than it really is 显得比实际好；看似比实际成功 As with many new bands, their early success flattered to deceive. 和许多新乐队一样，他们早期的成功也是自欺欺人。