Hoax



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 骗局, 欺骗
• ［英］ n. / v. 骗局, 欺骗 ( a trick or fraud)
• ［类］ hoax : deceive / filibuster : delay ( 骗局为了欺骗 / 阻碍立法为了阻碍)
• ［记］ 不要和 coax ( 哄骗) 相混
• ［例］ Even the experts were hoaxed. ( 甚至专家们也受骗上当了)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: probably contraction of hocus
• Date: circa 1796
• to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
• ? hoaxer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1808
• 1. an act intended to trick or dupe ; imposture
• 2. something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication

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