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单词 deceit
释义
deceit
noun[CorU]
uk
/dɪˈsiːt/us
/dɪˈsiːt/
(anactof)keepingthetruthhidden,especiallyto get anadvantage:
欺骗；欺诈
Thestoryis abouttheft,fraud, and deceit on anincrediblescale.小说描述了令人难以置信的盗窃、行骗和欺诈行为。
When thenewspaperspublishedthefullstory, all hisearlierdeceits wererevealed.报纸报道事情全部经过之后，他以前的所有欺骗行径也就暴露无遗了。
Synonym
dissimulationformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
  • a pack of liesidiom
  • artifice
  • bad faith
  • black is whiteidiom
  • cakeism
  • canard
  • falsification
  • feedsomeonea lineidiom
  • fib
  • fiction
  • flimflam
  • lie
  • myth
  • mythologically
  • mythologize
  • perjure
  • venality
  • weasel words
  • white lie
  • whopper
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Related words

deceitful
deceitfully
deceitfulness
(Definition ofdeceitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

deceit| American Dictionary

deceit
noun[U]
us
/dɪˈsit/
speechorbehaviorthatkeepsthetruthhidden:
All wehearfrom them areliesand deceit.

deceitful

adjectiveus
/dɪˈsit·fəl/
She justassumesthatelectedleadersarecynicaland deceitful.
(Definition ofdeceitfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

deceit| Business English

deceit
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈsiːt/us
dishonestorillegalmethodsused by apersonororganizationinorderto get something or to makepeoplebelievethat something istruewhen it is not:
Thecompanyfiledalegalclaimallegingdeceitandbreachofcontract.
(Definition ofdeceitfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeceit

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In short, the spectator remains unusually conscious of the relationship between performance and pretence, between disguise anddeceit.
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Women, worried at husbands'deceit, condemned wage-earning men as impotent, unable to fulfill marital duties.
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There are discussions of pretence, exaggeration, anddeceitin this context, and so on.
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Although the existence of mimicry anddeceitis arguable, several observations support that interpretation.
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Williams suggests there are evolved communicative tendencies that regulate such expressions; hence, the issue of detecting lying anddeceitbecomes essential for her analysis.
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In this play the train is an ever-present image of politicaldeceitand relentless movement towards war.
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But at least within the edicts of realism what we seek is truthfulness, notdeceit.
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They feel moral pressure to reduce the amount ofdeceit.
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The more tortuous thedeceit, the more the spy becomes necessary to unpick its complexity.
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Otherwise, efforts at cultural competency are merely token measures and signify institutionaldeceit.
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They use words ofdeceit, subtilty and ambiguity.
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People are capable ofdeceitin their everyday lives, which is why evolution has also fitted us with ways of recognizingdeceitin others.
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On the other hand, they have been recognized as prone todeceitand manipulation.
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Or else appearance may be blamed as inherently deceitful, and the condition of the knower is then seen as constituting thatdeceit, as well as being constituted by it.
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Davidson has recently reassessed hypocrisy's redefinition as a condemned practice ofdeceitfrom the late-eighteenth century onwards, distinct from earlier discourses on polite manners (passim).
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