mislead ♦︎ kid ♦︎ delude ♦︎ string sb along ♦︎ lead sb onThese words all mean to deliberately make sb believe sth that is not true.這些詞均表示誤導、使誤信、哄騙。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to mislead / delude sb about sth◆to kid / delude sb that...◆to kid / delude yourself◆to deliberately mislead sb / lead sb on◆to easily mislead / kid / delude sb◆to seriously / totally mislead / delude sb■mislead ˌmɪsˈliːd (misled, misled) [transitive] (ratherformal) to give sb the wrong idea or impression and make them believe sth that is not true誤導;使誤信;使留下錯誤印象◆He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship.他故意誤導我們誤會他們之間的關系。◆The company misled hundreds of people into investing their money unwisely.那家公司誤導了數百人進行不明智的投資。■kid(-dd-) [transitive] (informal) to allow sb/yourself to believe sth that is not true, especially that things are easier or better than they really are欺騙;哄騙◆They're kidding themselves if they think it's going to be easy.如果他們認爲這會很容易,那就是在欺騙自己。ⓘ In this meaning kid is usually used in the phrase kid myself/yourself/themselves, etc.表達此義時,kid通常用於短語kid myself/yourself/themselves等。 see also kid ⇨ jokeverb■delude dɪˈluːd [transitive] (ratherformal) to make sb/yourself believe sth that is not true, especially that things are easier or better than they really are欺騙;哄騙◆Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out of danger yet.不要誤以爲我們已脫離危險。 see also delusion ⇨ illusion■ˌstring sb aˈlong
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(strung, strung) (informal) to allow sb to believe sth that is not true, for example that you love them or intend to help them哄騙,愚弄(如謊稱自己愛對方或打算幫助對方)◆She has no intention of giving you a divorce-she's just stringing you along.她無意跟你離婚,不過是騙着你玩的。■ˌlead sb ˈon
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(led, led) (informal) to deceive sb and make them believe sth, especially that you love them or find them attractive使誤信,誤導(尤指謊稱自己愛對方或覺得對方有魅力)◆He's used you and led you on; now find someone else who will make you happy.他一直在利用你,哄騙你。去找個會讓你幸福的人吧。 see also tease ⇨ flirtNOTE辨析 String sb along or lead sb on?Lead sb on is nearly always used to talk about making sb believe that you love them; string sb along has a wider range of uses relating to making people believe that you will do sth for them. * lead sb on幾乎總是表示哄騙某人相信你愛他/她;string sb along用法較廣,可指哄騙某人相信你會爲他/她做某事◆She suspected that they were just stringing her along with their promises of this and that.她懷疑他們只是在用這樣那樣的許諾哄騙她。