Deception



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 用欺骗手段获得某事物
• ［英］ n. 用欺骗手段获得某事物 ( being deceived)
• ［类］ camouflage : deception / flattery : ingratiation ( 伪装是为了欺骗 / 奉承是为了讨好)
• ［记］ de ( 坏) +cept ( 拿, 抓) +ion -> 拿坏的东西来 -> 欺骗性的

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English decepcioun, from Anglo-French deception, from Late Latin deception-, deceptio, from Latin decipere to deceive
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. the act of deceiving
  • b. the fact or condition of being deceived
• 2. something that deceives ; trick <a clever deception>
• ? deceptional adjective
• Synonyms:
  • deception, fraud, double-dealing, subterfuge, trickery mean the acts or practices of one who deliberately deceives. deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, since it may suggest cheating or merely tactical resource <magicians are masters of deception>. fraud always implies guilt and often criminality in act or practice<indicted for fraud>. double-dealing suggests treachery or at least action contrary to a professed attitude<a go-between suspected of double-dealing>. subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end<obtained the papers by subterfuge>. trickery implies ingenious acts intended to dupe or cheat<resorted to trickery to gain their ends>.

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