deceive
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈsiːv/us/dɪˈsiːv/B2
topersuadesomeone that somethingfalseis thetruth, or tokeepthetruthhiddenfrom someone foryourownadvantage:
欺骗，蒙骗；隐瞒Thecompanydeceivedcustomersbysellingoldcomputersas newones.该公司用旧计算机冒充新机器欺骗顾客。
Thesoundof thedoorclosingdeceived meintothinkingthey had gone out.关门声让我以为他们已经出门了。
Synonym
trick
to deceive someone
- deceiveThe cigarette companies deceived the public about the health risks of cigarettes.
- deceive yourselfYou'd be deceiving yourself if you believed that.
- trickShe felt they had tricked her into saying more than she intended.
- foolYou don't fool me with your innocent act.
- take inThey claimed to be destitute, but we weren't taken in.
- pull the wool over someone's eyesI'm not stupid. You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
deceiveyourself
torefusetoacceptthetruth:
自欺欺人，欺骗自己Shethinkshe'll come back, but she's deceiving herself.她认为他会回来，实际上她是在自欺欺人。
Hermaincharacterflawis herreadinessto deceive herself.
Heinsiststhat sheloveshim, but really, he's deceiving himself.
Unless I'm deceiving myself, Ithinkwe have a very goodfriendship.
I don'tthinkthey canfacethetruthso they deceive themselves.
People deceive themselves withtheirownversionofevents.
to deceive someone
- deceiveThe cigarette companies deceived the public about the health risks of cigarettes.
- deceive yourselfYou'd be deceiving yourself if you believed that.
- trickShe felt they had tricked her into saying more than she intended.
- foolYou don't fool me with your innocent act.
- take inThey claimed to be destitute, but we weren't taken in.
- pull the wool over someone's eyesI'm not stupid. You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
- Anyway, I can't deceive him - it's against all myprinciples.
- Herepudiatedtheallegationthat he hadtriedto deceive them.
- Isuspectthesestatisticsflatterto deceive.
- What reallyangeredher was thedirtyunderhandway they had deceived her.
- They deceived us intothinkingthey would come backlaterwithourmoney.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- diddle
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hustle
- pull
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- racket
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Refusing & rejecting
Idiom
are my eyes deceiving me?